Thats one of the ways..that we learn...how to think.
Kids who never learn to use their imagination by exercising it can end up being very bored demanding adults.
The best thing my mother ever did was get me a set of World Book Encyclopedias when I was a very young kid. The second was encourage reading of all kinds. Fact and fiction.
I think you pretty much nailed a lot of the issues today. We have an entire generation and a half that was never encouraged to ‘imagine’ outside some warped scheduled and regimented play date pizza bash. Which is to say, not at all.
I literally mourn for the kids that missed out on what even us 60s-80s kids enjoyed and learned from.