When a Child Reports Psychic or ESP Experiences: How Parents of Perceptive Children Can Respond Safely
For many parents, the moment their child describes a psychic, ESP, or other unusual experience can feel deeply unsettling. A child may say they see someone others cannot, sense events before they happen, hear messages, or describe contact with a presence that feels very real to them. Parents often feel ...
When Your Child Feels ‘Different’: How to Support Without Labels
“I Don’t Feel Like Other Kids” Many parents hear this quietly—sometimes whispered at bedtime, sometimes blurted out in frustration after school. A child may struggle to explain what they mean, only that they feel out of place, misunderstood, or somehow not the same as their peers. For perceptive and sensitive ...
What to Say (and Not Say) When Your Child Describes an Unusual Experience
When Your Child Shares Something You Weren’t Expecting Children don’t always announce unusual experiences cautiously. They may say something surprising in the car, at bedtime, or while brushing their teeth—often casually, without the fear or alarm an adult might feel. A child might mention sensing something no one else noticed, ...
Highly Empathic Children: Why Some Kids Absorb Everyone Else’s Feelings
When Your Child Feels Everything—All at Once Some children don’t just notice how others feel—they feel it with them. A sad classmate, a tense room, an argument across the house—your child absorbs it all. By the end of the day, they may seem exhausted, overwhelmed, or emotionally flooded, even if ...
My Child Says They See or Hear Things—What Should I Do First?
When a Child Shares Something That Stops You Cold Few moments are more unsettling for a parent than hearing a child calmly say, “I saw someone in my room,” or “I heard a voice talking to me.” Your mind may race instantly toward fear, confusion, or worst-case scenarios. You may ...
Imaginary Friends: When It’s Creative Play—and When It’s Something More
When Your Child Talks to Someone You Can’t See Many parents remember having imaginary friends as children—or at least knowing someone who did. For most families, it’s a charming phase that sparks curiosity rather than concern. But for some parents, the experience feels different. The companion seems unusually persistent, emotionally ...
Paranormal Phenomenon & Our Sixth Sense
Phenomena Secrets of the Senses by Donna M. Jackson Book Review by Athena Athena A. Drewes, PsyD Phenomena. Secrets of the Senses. by Donna M. Jackson. Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY., 2008. Pp 174. ISBN-13: 978-0-316-16649-2 (hardcover). $16.99. There are many things that go ‘bump’ in the night that amaze and ...
ESP Testing in Relation to Child’s IQ
Article Title: ESP in Relation to Cognitive Development and IQ in Young Children, Authors: Sally A. Drucker, Athena Drewes, and Larry Rubin Publisher: Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. Vol. 71, July 1977, 289-298 Reference: Google Scholar » Page Index [Hide] Abstract Introduction Experiment 1 Subjects Procedure ESP Task Conservation Test Results Table 1 (Piaget’s ...
Children’s Reincarnation Memories of Previous Lives
Life Before Life A Scientific Investigation of Children’s Memories of Previous Lives by Jim B. Tucker, MD Book Review by Athena Athena A. Drewes, PsyD Dr. Tucker so thoroughly and carefully undertakes the systematic presentation and analysis of the evidence in “Life Before Life” that it would make Sherlock Holmes proud. His ...
