Do You Ever Think Your Child Could Be a Little Psychic?

Well, others have apparently given you the arguement that it is not possible and that is fair, from the point of view of someone who is in tune with all the worlds around her, all children see things they "are not supposed to." With that said, debunk before you go "all in" on the theory as well a parent's reaction to real moments will effect weather they continue to aknowledge these moments. I will give you an example of my son ... last September Papa (greatgpa) passed away, I was with my MIL at a party my SIL was hosting when we got the call from the hospital to get there - we got to the hospital and got the news; I called my hunny and he said I was wondering why he said "I just saw Papa, he said bye-bye" just before he went to bed. Then at the funeral he had another moment with Papa, and a few times he comes and tells me that Papa told him he needs to watch cartoons; when Papa came over he would tell him to watch cartoons and they would each sit in a certain spot - he sits in that exact spot. As far as I am concerned Papa is a nice play mate for him and it does not bother me at all, in fact I love that he visits upon occasion. Like I said debunk however after that listen to what she has to say and accept it.

I know children who have predicted big earthquakes in Vanuatu. When we were living there my friends' children just came out and said that it would happen that afternoon. It did. It was the biggest one that we'd experienced.

I have never experienced this with my kids. But I have had moments where I just knew things. I personally believe it's the Holy Spirit. I believe that there is an entire world we can't see with our natural eyes and ears. But we feel these things and it comes to us when we need the information. What I don't get is how often I have a word of knowledge or intuition or a dream and it's just not about anything important. When it comes to pass it's nice. But it wasn't necessary. But sometimes it was very necessary.

Absolutely! I've seen it many times with my two oldest. When my son was 3, one day he kept insisting that I go to the mailbox to get his Mickey Mouse stickers. I don't usually check the mail, I leave it for my husband to grab on his way in, so I kept telling my son that he didn't have any and even if he did they wouldn't be in the mailbox. Finally, I relented and went to the mailbox and got the mail. One of the things was an UNSOLICITED Disney World vacation brochure and inside was a card of stickers with Mickey and all his friends. Lol. I have several stories like that about my children, none of which could possibly be "coincidence" or keen "observation". :)

No, not at all. I think things like that are truly consequential. Meaning, there is a practical reason behind them. You just don't know them, because she is too young to walk you through the mental steps that got here to those conclusions.

The reason why I believe that so strongly, is my mom and sisters used to think that about me. The truth is, I just paid attention to things more then they did, and more then they realized I could. I noticed things, because I was curious and always aware of people's habits, belongings, traits, words. I heard everything. Things my parents never noticed themselves or others saying. Let me tell you, I was NOT (and am not) physic. I was just WAY more observant then most people cared to be, or had time to be.

Oh my gosh, yes, my son has scared the heck out of me at times. I think it is just his imagination, coupled with me making a bigger deal out of it than it really is, but the two major ones were:

One time, we were in our basement doing laundry together, and he said there was a little girl stuck down there and pointed to the root cellar. He insisted we open the door to let her out. Opened the door to show him there was no one in there, and he kept saying she was in there, and wouldn't let it go. Our house is very old- still has that root cellar, coal chute, and all. Needless to say I'm still a little freaked out when I go down there!!!

He also used to tell me that there was going to be a fire, and mama and grandma and uncle are very sad, and we have to run fast!!!! He said it 4 different times. I don't know where he even got the idea at 3 years old- we haven't even talked about fire safety yet. He hasn't said it for a few months now, but I am definitely keeping an eye out for fire hazards!

Truthfully, I believe that God sometimes uses little ones.

Years ago a friend of mine told me of something that happened with her almost 3 year old son. She went to school days to become a nurse, worked swing as a waitress, and would pick her son up from his sitter's around 11:20 at night. He would most often go back to sleep as soon as he was in his carseat. One night he woke up startled and screamed, "The big truck!" She told him there was no truck and he kept insisting but finally went back to sleep, she attributed it to a nightmare. He had the dream several times in the next few weeks, and elaborated it was a big black truck, the "man" wore a blue hat, and it was near the railroad tracks. She did cross railroad tracks on their way home and started thinking of what he said from time to time.

One night almost a month since he'd started having the dreams he was sleeping, she was tired, almost asleep herself, and didn't see a vehicle coming at them until it almost hit them. She saw it at the last second as she was coming to the railroad crossing, a black truck that had crossed the tracks in spite of an approaching train and had come into her lane. She swerved, he spun out and hit the guard rail, was critically injured and later died. While she waited for help she saw a bloody blue baseball cap on the ground.

She took her son out of his carseat and hugged him and cried, she told him him he had been right and saved their lives. He didn't understand but the police told her had the drunk driver hit her small car with his big truck she and her son would more than likely have died. And her son never had the dream again.

I am sure the people will be along shortly telling you about your gifted daughter so I will speak for the science side. Your sitter lays down after you drop off your daughter, she would love to sleep in. Perhaps your daughter was just speaking on this and it happened to be the moment the sitter didn't jump right up.

Your daughter went through your stuff, kids do that, she saw the pictures.

Perhaps you haven't noticed that Jeanette comes over in a pattern but your daughter has noticed. Maybe Jeanette told your daughter earlier that she would be dropping by while your daughter was playing and your daughter just remembered.

Who knows, I just don't believe in this stuff.

Carry on

Okay I like Bugs answer better. :)

I totally believe it! I don't believe in coincidences either. One instance that comes to my mind that gave me goosebumps happened with my son back at the first of the year. Our pastor at church mentioned that our childcare staff was becoming short-handed and they were really needing volunteers to help out some. Otherwise, they would have to turn people away due to not being able to meet the student/teacher ratio required by the state. We have been turned away before and it really stinks when you want to be there, but can't. So I knew I should probably help out. I am a teacher after all and I would probably enjoy it. I did pick up an application, but just set it aside when I got home and basically forgot about it. I didn't mention anything to my husband, children or anyone else that I was even thinking about it. Other things happened during the week that made me think of that application, but still I kept dragging my feet on it. Did I really want to commit to that on Sunday? That would mean I would have to come to two services and did I want my kids to be at church for some 4 to 5 hours when I had to volunteer? Then one morning we were in the car and my 3.5 year old son and I got to talking about people and work. Dad works, grandma works, why doesn't mom work? I said I do work. My work is taking care of you and your sister, but I used to work before you were born. I was a teacher. And what he said next was so subtle and so matter of fact, I almost missed its importance. He said, "You will teach school on Sunday." The funniest thing about is he NEVER refers to church as school. He goes to a different place that we call school. Church is always just church. It was really weird. I took it as a confirmation from God actually. All week long he had been tapping on my shoulder to do this and I ignored it until my son made that comment. I turned in my application and have been volunteering once a month for the past 6 or 7 months. I really enjoy it. Now a very parttime teaching position at the church has come available and I am interviewing for that next week. I truly believe God works through children all the time because they are so innocent and full of life. Read the book Heaven is for Real. It is about a 4 year old boy that had a near death experience and claims he went to heaven. True story. It is a wonderful book!
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it's not psychic, children are just more in tune with things that we as adults overlook, and children will voice their thoughts without worry that they are wrong ect. I am very observant and there are times my husband really wonders how i know things, but it's just that I pay attention. We get so busy that we just don't pay attention to the little things that our kids are quick to pick up on.

I get similar things from my daughter all the time. She is 4 but has being doing this since she could talk...she knows what things are that she shouldn't have any idea what they are yet or anyway to know, she says something is going to happen or someone is coming to visit and she's right. It's unbelievable. I'm thinking of letting her pick some lottery numbers for me.

i think everyone is slightly intuitive. my son would tell me that the animals were "talking" to him when he was 3. he also told me that some people died in a car accident that caught on fire (he did this while i was driving). my niece told my sister about a cat that we had that used to sit on my sisters chest while she was pregnant that had really bad breath. my niece described him down to his stinky breath. the cat died before she was born. my daughter and son both "see and hear" things. as chidren i think that people are more open and able to observe things that we aren't and see things that we can't as adults

Wow - reading your post gave me goosebumps!! I do believe that kids are more in tune to things that we, as we get older, don't believe, so then we don't see..... Listen to her and be open to what she says. You could even ask "and how do you know that?" maybe she can tell you she visioned it or your mother visited her. My LO is only 2, but I hear her talking to someone in her room....I believe it is my grandparents who never got to see her..... I believe there are things out there we just don't know, but should always keep an open mind. Good luck...look at it this way - if she does have a "talent", would you want to say something that would hinder her thoughts about it??? I would hope not.
edit - to the people who just don't believe, I'd really like to know how you think GrammaRocks had that experience??? I think we are too center-minded and can't look "outside the box"

I absolutely believe it's possible. The ability to be psychic is a matter of understanding that time does not exist. Children don't know of time till we teach it, just as we teach logic, when we should also be nurturing instinct. Children are also very observant. They are amazing to absorb all information with observation & not judgement.

There are so many things that we don't understand about the human mind. Since I had brain damage it seemed to open up a part of the brain that we never used. I can understand a lot more that is going on around me. I also think children are very observant and are less inhibited then adults. They just speak their mind because no one has told them any different. She may have a special talent. 'Who knows?" Never tell her that this is a bad thing. If this is her gift then let her expand on it.

yes. i have had a few experiences myself.

I believe that kids are more open to things than adults, because no one has told them "you can't know that." My son has said things that make our jaws drop since he was old enough to talk. I could go on & on, but my short answer is: absolutely yes. Try to react calmly when your daughter says things like that, so she won't think that what she's saying is upsetting or out of the ordinary.

My kids are more psy"cho" than psy"chic." :)

Very cool...I would not rule anything out at this point. Just take it all in stride and make sure you never make her feel awkward or scared to convey these things to you.

it could be lots of things! my nephew is like that too, and we encourage him to tell us things like that. the one thing i would recommend is not to discourage her at all. she might feel alienated if you make a big deal about it

Definitely! When we were trying to conceive #2 our 2 year old, obviously not knowing that we were trying and we never talked to her about being a sister because she was still so young, started telling us one day how she had a baby brother. My husband and I looked at each other, stunned, and had goosebumps because she had never said anything like that before. Plus, she was way more into girls at that time so I feel like if it were random she would have said sister...Then while still trying to conceive, she would sometimes tell me different things about her brother, and would on occasion tell me he was in the kitchen and she was affraid to go in there. As soon as we ceonceived she stopped talking about it completely. And of course, we did have a boy. My little brother was able to recall what my uncle looked like while dying from cancer, and my brother was an infant then, and I don't even remember what my uncle looked like at that point and I have a great memory.

YES
My mother died in Oct when my daughter was three.
I totalled my car the following June (thank God no one else was in the car) - the other person's fault.
Moments before the accident I knew my car would be totalled and I would be alright - I was.
I was looking at different cars and was looking hoping for another blue one. My daughter laughed and said No Grandma says your gonna get a Grain one. I asked if she meant Green and she said NO Grain.
I got another car and my daughter said to me see I told you Grandma was right you got a grain one--- It is mineral Gray (she did not know the color Gray)