I'm trying to decide if this is a gifted thing, a good thing or a problem. DS6 has a vivid imagination and likes to tell stories. The other day he told me how he saved everyone at the grocery store using his water gun, he'll tell me how he's built houses, things like that. I've always encouraged that and will ask him questions about the imaginary sequence of events. I've considered his imagination a good thing. However he'll also say he knows how to do things he doesn't or he'll say he did things he hasn't. I don't feel he's lying so much, I can tell when he's trying to deceive, but I fear he's crossing from using his imagination to becoming one of those people who make up things they can't do.
I may be overly sensitive to this because an ex boyfriend of mine did things like that often, he'd make up stories to make himself look better. The other night DS said he'd been to the Grand Canyon, we said no he hasn't. Later he mentioned it again telling us how he went over to the other side to visit his friend and he was insisting that he had been there. I don't know how I feel about this. If he tells a story and we say it's not true he insists it is. I treasure his imagination and I don't want to stifle it but I fear that it may be going too far. I'm certain he knows what's real and what isn't but he says things are real that aren't.
Any thoughts? He's unassessed and that's not an option for us now but I'm guessing he's right in the MG/HG range. He's also easily scared by movies and books which I've always related to the vividiness of his imagination.
Last edited by Kareninminn; 02/02/10 10:14 PM.
