Is Your Child Highly Perceptive or Gifted?

Some children seem to notice more than others.

They may be deeply empathetic, unusually sensitive to the emotions of people around them, highly intuitive, imaginative, or aware of things that are difficult to explain. For parents, these experiences can feel meaningful, confusing, surprising, or even a little overwhelming.

This confidential survey is designed to help gather thoughtful information about highly perceptive children and their exceptional experiences or capabilities. The goal is not to label your child, diagnose your child, or make assumptions. The goal is to better understand what parents are observing and to approach these experiences with care, curiosity, and respect.

Download the Parent Survey

The survey asks about your child’s temperament, sensitivity, empathy, imagination, health history, unusual perceptions, and related family patterns. Your answers may help researchers better understand children who appear to be exceptionally perceptive.

Your Privacy Matters

All survey results are 100% confidential.

Your responses will be reviewed with care and discretion by Athena A. Drewes, Psy.D., RPT-S, a licensed child psychologist, parapsychologist, and volunteer consultant to the Rhine Research Center and the Parapsychology Foundation on children’s psychic experiences.

The survey itself states that responses will be combined with those of other anonymous respondents and kept confidential. It also explains that any follow-up interview permission is completely optional.

This Is a Safe, Thoughtful First Step

If your child has ever described sensing something others did not, seemed unusually tuned in to people’s emotions, talked about an imaginary companion, or shown signs of exceptional empathy or perception, this survey offers a private way to share what you have observed.

You do not need to be certain about what your child is experiencing. You simply need to answer honestly and matter-of-factly.

Download the Survey Today

Take the first step toward understanding your child’s unique perceptiveness.