Kids Who See Ghosts: How to Guide Them Through Fear

by Caron B. Goode

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Caron B. Goode, Kids Who See Ghosts: How to Guide Them Through Fear, San Francisco: Weiser 2010.  219 pp   2 pp resources   $16.95     

I'm impressed in my casual survey of parents' reports that increasing numbers of children are seeing spirits. Perhaps this is the result of parents and western society in general being more open to this, so that children don't shut off these abilities as quickly as they used to. Perhaps we are similarly enabling children to access intuitive gifts that they would otherwise ignore to the point of atrophy.

Caron Goode makes good on the promise in her title. She provides numerous suggestions, amply illustrated with stories of children who were enormously relieved to have the validations, acceptance and guidance of knowledgeable

This book will be a boon not only to such children, but also to parents who may be at a loss as to how to respond when children report they perceive spirits that their family and others in their environment do not see.

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