What to Do If Your Child Really Does See Dead People

Quote :: (June 17) -- Haley Joel Osment shocked millions of American moviegoers when he said, "I see dead people" in "The Sixth Sense."

Turns out, what's really shocking is how many kids can actually communicate with spooks -- or at least feel they do.

So says Caron Goode, a Fort Worth, Texas-based psychotherapist and author of the new book "Kids Who See Ghosts: How to Guide Them Through Fear" (Weiser Books).

Courtesy of Caron Goode

Your kid's imaginary friends could very well be real, according to psychotherapist Caron Goode. She says parents should believe their kids when they say they see ghosts.

Goode says that while some kids play with imaginary friends, there are others who are convinced they are being visited by spooks and apparitions.

Well, are they?

Depends on your upbringing, Goode says.

"Are ghosts real? In some cultures they are and others they aren't," she says, adding that there are many factors that can make people feel they are seeing one -- including stress and their brain waves being in a "theta" or daydreaming state.

well u can suppress it with meds and give them more problems or teach them how to protect themselves and embrace it with them its a gift and a curse depends on how u want to deal with it any way its not something that just goes away. most of all tell them you love them and accept them every day.

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