My 4 year olds imaginary friends

My four year old son has two immaginary friends, he calls them Roger and Doug, lately, he has been doing things he knows he is not supposed to do and says Roger or Doug tells him to do it.  How do I get him to stop using these immaginary friends as an excuse to get in trouble?

I had a niece that had imaginary friends, and she grew out of it. If this irritates you than you should just keep telling him, “No Roger or Doug did not do that, you did”. I believe that if you do this than he will realize that you are not going to play along with his imaginary friends.  

This is a tough question, in my mind if you do not play along with the childs imagination they may feel like an outsider. No matter what your kids do you want them to know that you support them 110%. If we cannot make our children feel secure then who can?

I would start asking you child questions about Roger and Doug and ask the child to ask them to play nice or leave. Just a thought never had this experience but I do believe your child has something special going on in his/her little creative head!