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?” ...

In Stranger Things season 5, Holly Wheeler's imaginary friend causes concern. (Netflix) After nearly a decade, Netflix hit Stranger Things is drawing to an end with season five – and Mike and Nancy's ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

When I discussed imaginary friends a few years ago, one father shared his experience: "We'll put him to bed and he'll be quiet. When we get back downstairs he'll start talking, normal stuff, about our ...

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 — ...

Encouraging people to mistake digital companions for real friends is prima facie unethical. Encouraging people to have imaginary friends is no solution to social isolation. There is a risk that the ...

Filmmaker John Krasinski’s family dramedy, answering the age-old question of whether imaginary friends exist, moves from theaters to ultra-high definition disc in IF (Paramount Pictures Home ...

Kenneth is the typical young adult living in upstate New York. He works at a local bookstore and every day after work, he unwinds at a bar with his childhood best friend, Bert, over rounds of mai tais ...

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 ...