Do your children see ghosts?

[MandyUK]

My parents say I had unusual... well I wouldn't say precognitive abilities... but knowledge well outside my age group when I was very young. I was quite ill young in life, spent in periods of semi-coma through hypoglycaemia, and apparently, I correctly identified a Nazi symbol which an uncle had when I was only 2 or 3.

However, while I've never seen ghosts I, like the other Mandy, believe that children are more receptive to things that we sort of lose the feel for later in life. I don't think it's unusual (though it can obviously freak the life out of those involved) for this to happen, and who knows, it may develop into some wonderful gifts as an adult.

[tsu]

I don't have kids myself, and I don't really believe in "paranomal" things. But as a child, I did saw "ghost(s)" on many occasions. The images were vivid, I remember describing them to my grandma and other adults, though nobody believed in me.

I was also frightened by "them." One of the most vivid memories of ghost was when I was in preschool, probably 4 or 5 year old. I had a very bad bout of pneumonia, I was trembling violently, sweating a lot, vomitting and crying at the same time. My parents fed me some unknow medications, and my condition got worse. They rused me to the hospital, and I remember seeing ghosts when I was waiting in the emergency room, dehydrated, extremely exhausted, sick and weak in my mother's arm. I fell unconscious for some times. When I was conscious again, I tried to tell mom that I saw a ghost in the dark waiting to take me away the whole time she held me while I waited for treatment, and I begged mom not to leave me in the hospital. But I had to be hospitalized. And that "ghost" didn't take me away, afterall

I can't really explain those things. It's quite possible that it's just my vivid imagination combined with all the strange cartoon characters and stuffed toys that I had (and the mythological tales on tapes too :p).

[Maria]

I have a little girl 5 years old and she is starting to talk about 2 "immaginary" friends, a boy and a girl, and she says that they are brother and sister. I was gently "probing her" about , and she also simply said that she sees them all the time..... and they sleep with her ect..ect... WOW!!! I do believe in ghosts and also I believe that some spirits are asssigned to help us, we as adult don't see them, even though perhaps can dream about them, but children are more spiritually open.

[Guest]

I've heard a few of these kind of stories from friends and family members.A friend of mine always saw a man dressed in black as a child,my uncles stepnephew talked to something for a period of time around the age of three and my friends niece and nephew sees things,too.I believe there is more to life than we think.

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[MandyUK]

Out of curiosity, does anyone believe in 'guardians' (I won't say 'angels') but 'spirits' (for want of a better word) that maybe look after you and guide you through life? Maybe some of these 'ghosts' are actually 'guardians'...

Well I haven't seen a ghost (or an actual 'guardian') I do recall one scary incident, not long after I moved into my flat, which I'd forgotten about until recently. I was watching television in my lounge one evening, and I thought I saw a movement out of the corner of my eye. I turned and saw a ragged flash, almost like a door opening and closing very quickly, in mid-air! It shook me rigid, and didn't count it as a 'ghost' happening, but I do wonder what 'doors' may exist between what we perceive as reality, and perhaps other planes of existence...

[trazy]

I have a 3 1/2 yr old son. Ever since he could talk he has talked about his friend Wagawee....I have no idea where he would have gotten this name from. About a yr ago he also started talking about a friend named Sandy...while he never really gave me much info about Wagawee, this is what he's told me about Sandy: He use to have a bunch of tools and he builds things, but he lost all his tools when his house burned down. I asked if Sandy had a mommy and he said sandys mommy was killed, actually stabbed - but that now he had a new mommy and this mommy wouldn't die.
I'm trying to find a book on ghosts and childrens sightings but cant really find anything, anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks - glad to know my son isn't the only one with very 'real' visitors hanging around.

[smuidorn]

For those of you who may be wondering if your child is really experiencing sightings or if it may be the imagination, here is a useful tip I have had to do myself. Pay close attention to the description of your child's ghost. Does it sound anything like something they may have seen on t.v. or on a movie? Maybe in a book. Ask grandparents and other relatives that your child has spent time with about anything they may have let the child watch or read about. My 3 year old used to see a little boy and a woman in the upstairs only of our apt. Befor freaking out, I went through a list of all of these things that may have contributed to her imagination. Unfortunatly, these sightings were real. But, it is a good idea to go through these steps just to make sure. Sometimes it may just be imagination. And sometimes it may be real. It helps to know wich one you are dealing with.

[Misstresofthedark]

I was also looking for answers this is one add i posted on another site....I belive he is seeing them my mothers told me stories of when she saw and i myself also remeber seeing when i was young I just wanna no WHY they are following my faimly????



I am writing this not because my house is haunted. I feel like something or someone is following my 10 year old son. This has been happining since he was 3 years old. The Drs. Tell me it's night terrors ,but I feel as if t is more. I myself belive I have seen ghosts,but not to the Xtreme as my son says...

He will awake in the middle of the night. SCREAMING on the top of his lung as if someone is in the room with him hurting him. His eyes will be wide open as if he is really seeing something after he. I've already had a incendent where I found him in my pitch black basement with the door locked up stairs and he in there lights off SAYING "Mommy help me!" Talk about freaky.

I ask him in the morning if he remembers he usally says no. But there are times he'll tell me what the people look like. He also tells me they want he to follow him so he can help them.

I know who ever reads this is most likely not going to belive it The doctors already think I am nuts and say I let my children (which I have 4 my oldest is the only one to experiace this)watch to many horror shows ,but because of these awakins I and my Husband make sure they don't watch scarey movies.The doctor also said he will grow out of these so called night terrors well it started when he was 3 and he is now 10 how old does he have to be to fiannly grow out of it and be able to sleep in PEACE?????

[baileymama]

My son is two years old and he sees ghosts on a daily basis. He calls them "raars." He has been linked with the paranormal from the time I became pregnant with him. Some of his raars are nice and he talks to them according to him they "make me safe." Others frighten him. He came running into my rrom last week because a raar was asleep on the couch. I got him to show me where - only if I would whisper and walk quietly - and sure enough there was a head indent on the folded up blanket there. It was gone later when he went back in there to play. Also, we passed a cemetary yesterday and he was very excited by all of the raars he saw out the car window. He has never een a cemetary and has no idea what one is but he saw them out his window.

[castana]

Hi Id Just like to add that my cousins 6 year old boy was playing with his toys on the rug and said to his gran granny your mummy is standing behind you in the door way.
Shes been dead for years . His gran was thinking he didnt seem bothered and just carrye on playing but her hussband thought it was a load of rubish Lisa /spain

[mishy]

My oldest daughter (now has been talking about "light" and "shadow" people since she's been able to talk. She seems at ease with the "light" people and has told me that they whisper to her but she can't make out what they are saying. They are around quite often (mostly at home) but just recently she told be they were with us for a walk through the village in our town. The shadow people were very scary to her (I say were because she hasn't spoke of them since she was about 3 & I'm not even sure if she even remembers seeing them). I do remember however, countless nights spent lying in her bed with her as she was terrified and would point with her little finger and say "look mommy, there's the shadow man". I never saw a thing, but through time I've been convinced that she's seeing something. Because I've always been a sceptic (I'm pretty convinced now) and I didn't want to frighten her I always dismissed these sightings with replys such as "your tired" and would simply change the subject to one more pleasant. Only as she has gotten older (and exposed to Scooby-Doo and such shows) and after her Grandfather died (when she was five and we talked about Grandpa being in heaven and watching over her) has she labled the light people as ghosts and we've discussed the fact that maybe she is seeing something, but not to be frighted because God would never let them hurt her (which is not a concern of hers anyway because she doen't fear the light people). I just hope those "shadow people" stay away. I can't help but wonder if Grandpa is keeping them away...

[Christy]

I have a 4 yr old that has had an immaginary friend named sarah since she was about 2 1/2 yrs old. The thing is sarah is dead she says. She also says she is a ghost and seems quite unaffected by it. At first we would be going down the road in the car and would say out of the blue, " you know my friend Sarah, she is dead, the bad man killed he." To be honest at first we didn't think too much about it but she has persistantly talked about her. A couple of months ago she said Sarah needed to come and live with us because Sarah didn't have a home , she is dead! Is this something paranormal or just your average immaginary playmate that many children have. I know it is normal for some children to have immaginary playmate's but she says this one is dead and that the bad man killed her. We have very strick rules in our house about TV. Our children don't watch TV during the week, only on the weekends, so I don't think it is from things she has watched on TV. any suggestuions from anyone??

[steveclegg@sbcglobal.net]

My niece, she is so sweet and honest at only 6 years old. She told my grand mother that her husband was sitting next to her the other day. her husband
(my grandfather) past away of cancer the last day of my six grade year.

My mother asked what he looked like and my niece told her that he looked like the man on the picture on the wall. When my mother asked how tall he was, she said he was about the same hieght as my mother, and he was the same hieght as my mom to the inch. she also plays with imaginary friends that dont look quite the same as a regular people as she puts it.

my grandfather past away in june of of 1982......

this really scared me at first then it gave me relief that my grandfather who was a really good person is ok.

[hecs]

the over day my daughter aged 9 came downstairs early she started moaning saying mum mum mum i told her to be quiet id just got up myself she went into the lounge and i heard a horrible load screem i ran in quickley and saw my dads walking stick next to the armchair he used to sit in when he was ill he came to live with me hen he sadley pased away with old age she started crying and siad she saw him last nigh she said she came down stairs to get a drink and she saw him coffing on the sofa i started to cry and said to her then what happend she said that he unlocked the door and they sat outside drinking lemonade i ran over to the door and it was unlocked i sent her to a docter and she was perfectly fine she wasent mad the next day a nabour came over and said im verry conserned about your daughter the over night i saw her sitting on the door step drinking adrink talking to herself!

[Mrs. Fredericks]

I've been trying to figure out my little 2 year old step daughter and want to share my story to give comfort to others that they are not alone with this issue. About 3-4 months ago I took my little girl to the bedroom to change her. She started screaming and squirming in my arms and was yelling "its scary" she would not let me go into the bedroom. She was so terrified I had to change her in the hallway outside the bedroom. Even then she covered her eyes and would not look in the direction of the bedroom. I dismissed the incident. One night my husband and I had laid our daughter to sleep in the bedroom and went and sat in the livingroom. It was quite for some time but then we started hearing a conversation take place and it was going on and on. I was confused because the conversations sounded like two adults chatting away over tea. At that time our daughter was not even 2yrs yet. It got to the point where my husband and I got worried and went and listened at the door. There was so much conversation going on that I could have sworn there was two people in the room, and at least one being much older than my little girl (We couldn't pick up any words because the sound was muffled through the door). We didn't open the door because we were afraid she would wake up and not fall back to sleep. This happened on several occassions and we've been dismissing it as just her mumbling in her imagination. Last night though, my little girl and I were in the kitchen painting. Our joy was interupted by her comment "I hear scary sound." I thought perhaps she was hearing the bass from the Christmas music in the living room. Then a few minutes later she covered the side of her face and became terrified. I asked her what was wrong and she said "its scary" I asked her what was scary? and she said "scarecrow" I asked where is scarecrow, and she said by my hair. Trying to comfort her I took her into the bathroom to wash her up. She seemed okay after playing in the sink. I was in the process of putting her on her feet in the hallway when she all of a sudden jumped right back into my arms like she had seen a growling dog. I asked what was wrong and she said "its scarcrow" I asked her where is scarecrow, and she said "right there on the floor" and pointed to the ground in front of us. I tried to comfort both of us by saying "Scarcrow go away!" "scarcrow go away!" "Jesus is here and he will protect!" "Jesus is my God!" She started chanting my every word. She seemed to calm down and so we went to the living room to play with her toys. She did her usual walk to her toy box when all of a sudden she was terrified again, but this time she said on her "scarcrow go away, daddy will come home and take you away." I was a little relieved that she had more courage this time. Her daddy came home and I told him the incident. He was concerened. We all started playing with her Nemo Aquarium. One of the backdrops was picture of a cartoon skull and our little girl pointed at it said "that's scarecrow" Daddy said "no honey that's a skull." Our little girl insisted that it was scarecrow. Going to bed (we all sleep in the same room) I prayed that night for comfort. Around 5am we were awaken by her talking. I heard my name mentioned a few times. My husband and I now fully awake heard her say, "I didn't say that, Maymo said that (she calls me Maymo). Go to sleep scarcrow." When my husband heard "scarecrow" he got up right away and brought her to bed with us. I want to help my little girl and pray she never sees scarcrow again! Please pray for her.