Working with Sensitive and Psychic Children
I have a friend whose five-year-old child is quite psychic. He can communicate with the unseen. He will sometimes tell her about his experiences and other times he gets mad when she asks about his Angels and says that they don’t exist. He’s empathic and absorbs things. What can she do?
Working with a psychically sensitive child is challenging and adds another component to the already big task of parenting. Depending on the age and predispositions of the child, we have various challenges. It is really important to teach your child to trust his or her experiences. The more you can validate the child’s experiences and the intuitive feelings the better.
The world sadly does little to validate the unseen. I was fortunate. I thought everyone saw these things and that no one mentioned it, so it was just part of my visual and energetic experience growing up. My cross was that I had to carry it alone as I had no one to talk to about these experiences however I didn’t know they were unusual.
Pace, Link and Lead: One tool to use for parenting and other communication purposes is pace, link, lead. This strategy is used to validate experiences and to give support. You fill in the blanks. It’s done with a pace, a link, then a leading statement. Here are some descriptions and I’ll put it together for you with examples.
Pacing is matching or acknowledging a sensory-based experience in the environment right now. It’s Ok. To state something obvious, such as a feeling, the temperature or noise level, the number of people present, whether or not you are each wearing a coat or shoes. You are looking for something the child or your other person will nod yes to. This is something easy to acknowledge and grabs rapport quickly. You can use one two or three pacing statements at a time. Then add a link and a lead.
Pacing Examples: I hear you are tired right now. We are both at home. We are getting ready for dinner. I know you want to keep playing. I heard you say you are not seeing your Angels right now. I understand you are feeling frustrated. I hear you don’t want to talk about this right now. We both have our shoes on. We’re getting ready to for a walk. The room is warm and it’s cold outside.
Linking is connecting two parts of a sentence or communication together. It is suggestive and not demanding. Linking creates curiosity and possibility.
Example Linking Statements: Maybe we could, perhaps we might, would you consider, I wonder if, I’m curious about, I hope.
Leading is stating the direction you want the conversation to go. It’s not a command or demand, (unless you really need it to be). It’s best presented as an idea or possibility when there is flexibility.
Sample Leading Statements Follow a Link: I wonder if (link) you will share with me again sometime. I wish I could see spirit too. I know that some people don’t acknowledge the presence of spirit and yet I personally do, and for me, spirit is real.
Full Pace Link and Leading Statements:
Here’s a normal one, you could use at dinner. “I know you want to keep playing (pace) and right now (link) it’s time for dinner (lead).”
Here are some ideas for working with intuition and Angels.
I know that you have strong feelings and intuition (pace) and I hope that (link) you will continue to trust yourself more and more.
I know it sometimes feels scary to see things that some others don’t see (pace) and I hope (link) that you are feeling safe with me now.
I know that you have heard these things are real (pace) and others may have told you they are not real (pace) I wondering if (link) you know that I consider them real. (Lead)
I know others who see the Angels, (pace) I wish I could see mine better (pace) whenever you want (link) to share any experiences with me, and I want to hear about them.
I know you are feeling mad right now (pace) and don’t want to talk about this, (pace) when you are ever ready, (link) I do want to talk about it, when it’s ok with you.
We both know that we can talk to trees (pace) not everyone knows that the trees hear us, (pace) and I hope you know (link) that we can talk to the trees again and again.
Support children to tell their experiences. Be encouraging or neutral. Encourage kids to be around other healthy adults and friends who are sensitive and open to talking about it.
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