In recent years, The Sims 4 has added quite a bit of gameplay for child Sims, and it's truly made Sims' childhoods feel meaningful and like they impact their lives in the future. The Adventure Awaits ...

An earlier version of this story appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A Vox reader asks, “Why do children often have imaginary friends?” ...

Reynolds teams up with Cailey Fleming to match "IFs" with kids. The new "IF" trailer, written and directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell and more, asks a question every ...

Carla is a writer from Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, now based in Atlanta. She’s an Emory alum with both a BA and MA in English, but more importantly, she’s a Pisces with lots of opinions about video games.

It is fascinating how synchronicity comes into play at times. I was meeting a group of people I did not know too well when the conversation turned to a topic of interest to me - children's imaginary ...

Sometimes when I reach for a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, I’ll find a hamster in our freezer. My daughter put the disintegrating stuffed toy in a Caboodle, a clear plastic case meant for organizing ...

Be it an invisible girl who lives under the bed, a 7-inch-tall elephant who wears shorts or a green dog, imaginary friends are common childhood companions even into elementary school, researchers from ...

Four-year-old me sat at the end of the examination table, the heels of my sneakers thudding rhythmically against the base below as I swung my legs. I stared at the small geometric farm drawings on my ...

When I was young, I had a little white dog named Shoon. Though his insides were puff and polyester, I saw a friend whenever I looked into his resin eyes. At night, I would pull him close to my chest — ...

Now that we've ticked ghosts, vampires, aliens, mermaids, spellcasters, werewolves, fairies, Bonehilda the Skeleton Maid, and PlantSims off the collective wishlist for The Sims 4, there aren't too ...