Your Child’s Imaginary Friend May Be Something More
Recently I did a reading for a woman and her family and a lot of interesting messages came through. One in particular blew everyone’s mind! It had to do with an imaginary friend that had been part of their daughter’s life when she was young. Many years ago, the mother had been pregnant with twins. One was born strong and healthy, but the other had serious health issues and died a very short time after birth.
The soul of the twin who had passed came through in the reading to share that she had spent time with her sister when she was a young child, and had actually been able to experience life through the little girl’s eyes. It turns out that the surviving twin had always talked about her imaginary friend, but never mentioned that “friend” was actually her sister.
Everyone was shocked to learn this so many years later! Even the surviving twin had forgotten the true identity of her “imaginary” childhood companion, but during the reading, all the pieces suddenly fit together. The twin who had passed shared how much love she felt from her parents and her sister, and the reading ended on a beautiful and healing note.
If your child has an imaginary friend, it might be a character that they saw on television or something they dreamed up. But there’s another possibility. Your son or daughter might be hosting a visitor from Heaven. If that’s the case, there’s nothing to fear.
The Soul is coming from a place of love, and the relationship can be very positive for both the child and their Heavenly guest! Of course, the way you respond when your child shares their experience can make a big difference. More about that later. First, I want to take a step back and explain why it’s so common for Spirit to come through to babies and young children.
Open Minds, Open Hearts.
It’s important to understand that when a child is born, their soul has just transitioned from Heaven. For the first few months of life that baby still maintains a strong connection to the Spirit World. They are aware of the constant presence of their team of Angels, Guides, and deceased loved ones, which is why you might see a baby smile and gesture at something or someone you can’t see.
To the baby, their presence is perfectly normal. As the baby grows into a young child, their connection eventually starts to fade or they may find a different way of interacting with visitors from Heaven. Some children will maintain a connection with a relative who has passed. Sometimes this will be because they shared a special bond with the person in life. That’s how it was when my Grandmother passed over.
Visits From Grandma.
I remember Spirits visiting me when I was a boy. They’d usually come at night, and sometimes it would scare me. But there was one visitor who I was always happy to see.
When I was young, I was very close to my grandmother – my Mom’s mom. When she passed, I could still hear her talking to me, which was confusing. I remember being at the funeral, and it didn’t feel like she was really gone at all.
A while after that, Grandma started visiting me at night in my room. She would sit with me, talk to me and read to me. I loved seeing her! I told my mother, and she was very calm about it. My mother and my grandmother were both psychic mediums, back then they didn’t talk about it that much, but my mom definitely understood what was happening.
What happened to me isn’t unusual. I’ve had many parents tell me stories about their child pointing to someone in a picture who had died before they were born and acting as if they knew them and had spent time with them. Children are more likely than adults to see Spirit, because their connection is still so open.
Here’s another reason- children accept what they see. They haven’t learned to doubt their own feelings and observations or to concern themselves too much with what other people think of them like adults tend to do.
What to do if Your Child is Talking to Souls in Heaven?
If you feel like your child is talking to Spirits, don’t worry! These Souls are not coming through to harm them. Children are pure beings, and will attract only loving energy. Many children treasure their time with their imaginary friends or Heavenly visitors, but some might have fears and concerns.
Here are some ways you can help your child understand and accept their Spirit connection:
- Keep the conversation simple and loving. Talk about their invisible phone line where they can talk to grandma, or something else that is unthreatening and makes sense.
- Bring up family members who have passed in a calm, cheerful way, especially when your child asks about people in pictures. If it seems appropriate, let them keep a photo in their room.
- When they talk about an imaginary friend, be open and welcoming. Don’t joke around about it with other people, or make a big deal out of it. Take your cues from your child when it comes to involving the friend in family activities.
Remember, children accept what they see. They haven’t learned to doubt their own feelings and observations. They don’t concern themselves too much with what other people think of them like adults tend to do. Their openness and honesty makes it easier for Spirit to come through!
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Matt, you are very interesting and I believe you. I would love to hear more from you.
Thank you so much Matt, I believe so much in your readings, l lost my son Anthony last year MAY and since then I’ve been wishing I could see him, hear from him and feel him, I really miss my son daily and I can’t seem to come out of this shock that I lost my boy. He was 18 years old.
Beth
My son and family did what’s called a Silent Suppr, during which we wrote on a small piece of paper who we wanted connect to. I had what I think was a strong connection to the person I chose. After supper, we burned our pieces of paper with a candle, & put them in a little dish to burn out. When I caught the corner of my piece of paper, the candle flame shot up two feet. My son had been doing silent suppers for years. He had never seen a candle do that before.
My son wanted to connect with my dad, his grandpa.My grandson, was barely four months old when Dad died. At this time, my grandson was almost two. After we’d finished, & were talking, my son was holding him, and Levi turned his head (toward curtains) as if he was looking at someone, then he started giggling. He didn’t turn his head from that spot. My son said things like, ” What you laughing about, Levi?”
Levi twice turned to my son, as if to say, “I’m busy.”
He turned right back to the same spot, would wait a couple seconds and laugh again; wait a second, and laugh again, like babies laugh then wait for you to make them laugh again. This went on for at least five minutes. We were enthralled.
Levi never looked at any other spot. He laughed at that spot, waited a brief second, laughed again, then had this rolling giggle & caught his breath, a couple more times, he laughed, but the last time, it was just a little bit, and then he turned to us, and went on as usual. Five minutes doesn’t sound like a long time, but it is when your grandson’s laughing at something we couldn’t see!
My dad could make babies laugh like that. We know it was him, especially since that’s who my son wanted to connect with. Well, he did, through my son’s own son.
I’ve seen spirits twice. One spoke to me–two words. But watching Levi laugh was the most miraculous thing I’ve ever seen.
While growing up from babe in arms to first grade, I lived with my Aunt who was my mother’s sister. There were no children around so my friends were adults and Uncles. While playing outside one day I made a friend her name was Carol Stanley. When I entered High School, there was a girl in my class with the same name. I almost fainted when her name was called. She was two seats away.
Hi Matt
I absolutely love your energy and talent with connecting with our loved ones….
Is there any chance that you will ever come to Australia- Melbourne.?
I’m positively sure that you would be welcomed here with open arms…Please consider coming down under, would love to see you live…I think and know you are the best ever….Maria
My voice would play outside and they would talk I guess it was his spirits and they were talked like they were sitting right there I used to go out and say to them who you talking to and they they would just say people so I just looked at that now I know
Hi
My 8yr old daughter is extremely gifted physic visions able to communicate ect. Ìts strange when adults call for your child to ask how? Why? Ect. But it’s beautiful!
My second daughter Rebecca, who was 4 years old when she passed away, had an invisible friend named Doot. About 2 months before she passed, she told me that she was going to live with him and his parents and dog in their house and then she pointed to the calendar and told me that that was her birthday. That was the day she passed.
So I was wondering I know my daughter has some spirit around her but should I worry she said she wanted to go home and pointed at the sky then she tells something to leave her alone that she has a dad how would I know if I should worry
Matt, My daughter was to be a twin but only 1 egg fertilized. The other imbedded in her chest. It’s very rare & was very perplexing. She had 2 imaginary friends, Donna & Angie. This article might have shed some light on her little friends! She told me they were from heaven & she talked & played with them for a couple years. I never discouraged her or thought she was crazy… She is in her late forties now & we still talk about Donna & Angie fondly… Thank you for this article & for helping so many people find peace & purpose!
Wonderful article. Thank you
When I was 4 or 5 I had an imaginary friend called Marby. He was about the same height as me and had lots of colours around him which looked like flames. Whenever my mum gave something eat like a biscuit, I would ask ‘can Marby have one too?’
Oh yes!
Caroline was my daughter’s “Imaginary friend”
and John Gregory was her brother’s years later. They were almost 4 yrs apart.
Now here is where it really gets interesting!
Long story short, I was adopted as a baby and discovered my bio mom side of the family around my mid thirties. I have always known that I was adopted, however, I’d never known anything about my birth family other than some Non-identifying information Social Services.
Through ALOT of searching, and with the help of a search Angel, I was able to learn who my biological mother was. I found out later that my biological maternal grandmother was born a Gregorie/Gregory. In fact, while researching, I discovered that in the distant past on my family tree there was a “JOHN GREGORIE” and guess what? He had a sister named Caroline! I mean it seems beyond coincidence, and truly blows my mind!
Anyway, what do you think?
Thanks for all you do!
Sherri G
NC
Love listening to you. Can you come to North Carolina?
I know this to be true. I spent time with my twin great aunts when I was a child. While explaining them and what they were wearing to my grandmother she told me to tell my Grandpa the same story. When I did he began to cry and said those were his sisters that died of polio in the early 1900’s. Out of 13 children only 3 lived. The sisters died at different times but both looked to be the same age and wore the same dresses and had the same ribbons in their hair. I had never seen a photo of them or had been told any stories so everything I told him was from my own experience.
Hi Matt,
My daughter has had many experiences where she spoke with people who needed to move on as a child. Her earliest experience around age 2 occurred when she complained to me that there were all these people trying to talk to her and it was too much. When I went to console her she pointed to where they were and I saw a collection of many different colored orbs! She was scared and I told them she was just a little kid and to leave her alone. And they did! She told me they were gone and was relieved. To this day she actually enjoys walking through cemeteries and says the spirits there are welcoming to her. At age 4 she told me of a spirit that would visit her at night and was all bloody in the face but was genuinely confused and didn’t know where to go. I told her to tell the spirit to let love and light into their heart and to follow the light and Jesus will help. She did just that and said the spirit went to the light. It has been difficult to navigate at times, but we do the best we can. I would love to see more content about navigating this with kids. It’s not something you can talk about with most people. Thank you for your work!
I too had a friend when I was little, I knew she was real and I told no one about her, it was her and I secret .
She told me that she would evolve someday and go higher in the spirit world.
Eventually as I got older she faded away but I will never forget her , she was my dear sweet invisible friend.
Her name was Clara. And now she is in the highest of the Heavens.
My family has a strong connection with our family members that has passed. We can feel their presence often and always welcome them. At night I can feel them come sit on the bed and very comforting knowing they are there. We can kinda sense when they are alerting us to something that is wrong or just stopping in to say hi. Sometimes I can even tell which members are there at the time. My grandmother who passed a few years ago comes often to my 7 year old granddaughter. They were very close. She says she comes and talks to her. She sometimes she visits her in school and my granddaughter will answer her. She gets made fun of sometimes because she’s talking to a “ghost” but she doesn’t care. It doesn’t go over to good at school since its a Catholic school so I told her to tell them she’s talking to a angel that comes to her sometimes.
What if a shadow person visits? Is this same thing?
I’m 69, but I remember when I was very young like 5yrs. old walking into the living room one night telling mom and dad seeing what I know now a spirit in the bedroom with me. My parents told me that it might be bad and to ignore it. I don’t remember seeing it after that.
I’m not sure that all imaginary friends are loving. I had an imaginary friend named Argue. That’s all we did when I talked to it. I remember being afraid of it.
I often wonder if my son who is Autistic when he plays in the back yard we have a huge brick wall and he always has his hand up and he has speech problems but he point up to the top of the wall and does his babble like he is talking to someone I often wonder who he is speaking too. I did have a miscarry years ago and I always wonder if it was a boy or girl and wonder if that spirit of that child watches over him. Just my mama thoughts
My daughter at age 2 said a man came into her room at night, would hang his coat on the doorknob and play with her. One day we had old family pictures out and she pointed to her paternal grandfather and said that was the man. My husband said he did always hang his jacket on a doorknob. He passed when my husband was 13. We had remodeled his old home and my daughter’s room had been the grandfather’s room.
I don’t have a child so this doesn’t make to much sense to me
Hi Matt. I called my imaginary friend Billy. As an only child, I don’t remember much about him except that we would talk with each other on car rides. I must have been 3-4 at the time. I do remember however on vacation one year in Daytona FL I told my parents “Billy is gone.” When they asked where he went, I casually and unemotionally replied “He walked into the ocean and drowned.” Funny how that still sticks with me 64 years later. I’m not sure Billy was really imaginary.
What do u do if ur child ID seeing things that terrify them? We have always had experiences in the house we live in since we moved in 12 yrs ago. My now 4 yr old granddaughter sees things that terrify her, we’ve had things happens in the house that have scared us all. Just a month ago, I work nights, I picked her and my 16 yr old son up on my way home. It’s about 1:30 am when we get home. No sooner did we get in the house ” I hadn’t even got the front door shut yet” and she starts screaming ” mimi who’s that man? Who’s that man mimi? The horror on her face frightened me and my son so bad. I thought maybe I had walked right by someone standing on my porch so I spun around and slammed the front door shut. She then starts screaming again, mini who’s that man, crying and then screaming why’s he hitting uncle Kenneth? There was Noone there…. she screams about monsters in my bedroom. She does sometime play with my oldest son who passed. But what do I do about the scary things she sees? #terrifiedmimi
My grandson used to always talk about there being a “boo” (what he called a ghost) in his room. We didn’t pay a lot of attention to it until one day at my mom’s house I had taken my grandson into my mom’s bedroom and there was a wedding photo of her and my dad (deceased) on the wall and my grandson very nonchalantly pointed to the picture and said “Oh, look, it’s the boo!” and I asked what he meant and he calmly said “That’s the boo in my room.” It made me feel so much better knowing that my dad is protecting his great grandsons.
Hello Matt. Thank you so much for sending the newsletter to me. I haven’t had any experiences with spirit’s visiting me but I am very tuned in to the afterlife. Within a year I lost my son , grandson and my wonderful dog Buddy but haven’t had any dreams of either . I miss each of them so much as we were so connected here. You are an inspiration to the world. I’m 81 and don’t have time left to get on your reading list even though I’m very healthy ! Watching your videos make me smile and give me hope. I love you and your energy.
Sincerely, Gracie
My daughter was an only child and had an imaginary friend called Ben. She was about 4 to 5 years old and I even had to guess which side he was walking beside her. She also told me that my late father sat on her bed at night and made her laugh. He died long before she was born but always sat on our beds when we were little . He tried to cheer us up if we were sick! She was 8 years old when my mum passed and would sit at the kitchen table talking to one particular chair where she claimed nannie was sitting
We were renting a house on the other side of a beachfront hill top. Our son was only a few yrs old. There were 2 small bedrooms for him, a sunroom & a back bedroom that had 2 built in beds & wardrobe. I tried to move him into that room & he would scream every night, ‘Get him out of here.’ I had to move him into the sunroom. After a bit of research I learned the owners lost their son over the cliff & that was his room. So I was happy to leave that room in peace. We didn’t need it. God Bless him.
I had a imaginary friend all through my childhood and her name was Courtney . To this day o recall my imaginary friend . My mom said that o invited her everywhere I would even fix food and tea for her . My dad always asked my mom who I was talking to all the time and I would tell him my friend Courtney don’t you see her . I recall all this to this day and I’m now 50 years old .
I too had a dear imaginary friend at 3 years old!
I played with him but I don’t remember ever really seeing him!
His name was Keegy (I don’t know jow to spell it but that’s what I called him).
Yes, he was a boy and he lived on 2nd Street!
Now I have a Great Grand Daughter who is 2 years old.
We were with my daughter in law the 3 of us when my grand daughter in law told us that the 2 year old has an imaginary friend who comes to visit her in her bedroom! And HIS name the mom said is KEKE….
Then I told them my story which they never knew ….. the Names KEEGY& KEKE are to similar to Not be the same Spirit in Our Minds!!!!!
We were ALL in Goosebumps when I told My story!!!
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