I do this from my heart, to help you readers out in your time of need. So, here’s my best advice for how to survive your relatives over the holidays. Invent an imaginary friend.

Your child knows their friend is imaginary, but at the same time they’ll love it if you keep up the pretence. However, there may be some circumstances to look out for.

They say of the 500 children they surveyed 35% had an imaginary playmate, 68% of those took their imaginary friend on holiday with them and 56% wished adults would speak to them.

Fiction has not been kind to children’s imaginary friends. In films such as “The Shining,” based on the book by Stephen King, and the current ABC TV series “The Whispers,&#8… ...

IF YOUR child regularly talks to someone you cannot see, plays with them and drops their name into conversation, don’t worry, it’s not an early sign of a personality disorder. It’s something ...