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Hi, I am a new mom to a 10 year old daughter who is special. She is borderline on all the test so she is officially undiagnosed but her biological mother neglected her for the first 7 years of her life. She has improved a lot over the last few months since I have moved in and married her dad, but I need advice. She seems to have an imaginary friend who she talks to very clearly when we are not in the room. When it comes to talking to us directly she acts like she can't speak clearly. Should I stop this imaginary friend business? or just let it run its course?
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As a mom, and as a mom who has children with special needs - Let it go. Note it, for any potential treatment/diagnosis processes you're going through, but let it be. She's probably extremely confused, and as a boatload of weird emotions going on. The imaginary friends give her someone to tell her secrets to. As for the speaking clearly to them and not to you guys... That will come out in therapy/diagnosis. For now, just continue loving her, nurturing her... Don't take her special friends away, though. They probably make her feel safe. I know you said she's borderline and not officially diagnosed - but stay on top of it. Depending on how she does in school, there's a lot that can be done in the IEP process. One of my sons is on an IEP at school, which eventually led to diagnosis and treatment outside the school district through our state's mental health department. But a lot of that is school district driven, so continue to be her advocate. If you think there's something up - there probably is, and you need to continue to follow up on her behalf.
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