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A Sixth Sense?
The World of Highly Intuitive Children By Carma Haley Shoemaker
"No one is perfect," says Burns. "Everyone grows and changes, including adults. Children intuitively attuned easily accept people's limitations and their sincerity. If you have trouble understanding an impression the child verbalizes or are confused by certain behavior, voice your feelings lovingly and honestly – it is critical and determines how he/she reacts or responds to you. A sensitively intuitive child takes adults literally at their word. He or she will reflect you, and together you may learn more than expected. The greatest help anyone can give a child is to accept him."
"My son is 2 1/2," says Heidi Olson, a graphics designer from Red Wing, Minn. "We had a few months where he used to point to different corners of the house and come get me ... and then point some more. He didn't know how to 'tell' me what he saw, so he just pointed, hoping I could see too. I couldn't always, but I could sense [something]. I would simply tell him, 'Yes I can see,' and that it was OK. He wasn't scared. I don't make a big deal out of it, as I don't want him to get scared. He does not sense good or evil yet I don't think, and that part is what I am protecting him from, too."
We all start out as babies. We all grow into and through childhood. We all start out with an intuitive sense. What we do with it – and how we choose to use it or not use it – is where we differ. "Children, even twins, do not possess a more advanced sixth sense than adults," says Burns. "They simply are more open, more in touch with using their natural intuitive talents in their physical lives. Now, more than ever, children need to remain in touch with their inner voice, their internal strength, creative ideas, self-love and intuition in order to have more wholly satisfied lives."