I feel like it's not just imaginary friends that children invent, it's whole universes with it's own rules, it's own characters, it's own attributes, that kids

I feel like it's not just imaginary friends that children invent, it's whole universes with it's own rules, it's own characters, it's own attributes, that kids will regularly come back to, and that are shaped by the real, physical, hard world. Using our imagination, we can make whatever we want, and using that children will want to create things that they might lack in life, even if it is in the short term (boredom). There's a comment somewhere here about someone who 'made' a dog because they're parents wouldn't get them one; eldest children are more likely to have imaginary friends, perhaps because they're lonely [0]. It's very interesting. [0]: https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/school-age/why-kids-invent-imaginary-friends/ https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/school-age/why-kids-invent...