Intuitive Parenting of Gifted Children

As a child gets older, the way they interpret energy and how they see things in the invisible realm, shifts from a description like- “I see colors” to “I see colors around people and I know what they mean.”

I always had an intuitive nudge to find an alternative schooling option for Caden, because I knew he had a special gift and I was concerned it may be shut down if he went into a traditional educational system. We made several attempts to find an alternative, from putting our house on the market to move 2 1/2 hours away for a specific school to a possible 35 minute commute in another county. Neither turned out to be a feasible option and we entered him into our public elementary school. Initially he didn’t seem to have a difficult time adjusting to a classroom full of kids, but what I did notice was his propensity to have a meltdown over seemingly trivial things. At times it was a challenge for him to verbally communicate what was bothering him, but what began to reveal itself was his clairvoyant ability expanding from colors in the safety of his room to colors around the other kids and his ability to interpret what the colors meant. When I asked him if he knew what the colors meant, he would respond with “yes and sometimes they come at me.” I began asking him what different colors meant and he would tell me- “red means someone’s mad” or “pink means someone is nice..” etc. So I asked him how he felt when the colors came at him and often times he would get mad and verbalize they invaded his space.

It would take me another year to fully understand how this was affecting him on an energetic level as the story’s he would tell, revealed a whole new dimension for me as an intuitive parent. I would also have to learn new techniques for how to help him manage this emotional energy he was feeling which I will share next time!

©2008 by Tara Paterson, ACPI CCPI, All Rights Reserved
co-author- Raising Intuitive Children (New Page Books, spring '09)

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Parenting Intuitive Children

What does a parent say to their intuitive child when they say things like- “mommy I see colors in my room,” or “I see colors around people and sometimes they are coming at me?” These are exactly the things my son Caden has been saying to me since the age of three. I remember sitting in his room with him at night and he would tell me how he could see colors moving around and how they would either enter or leave his room. They never seemed to scare him, but he wasn’t exactly sure why they were there. As an intuitive myself, I would simply reply with “they are angels honey,” and I would explain how different angels represented different colors based on the particular energy they were made up of. I would also ask him questions such as “do they frighten you?” or “do they make you feel good?” and often he would respond with how they made him feel safe. He wasn’t ever frightened, but it was the first of many experiences I would have as an intuitive parent and later a coach for parents of intuitives as my journey into the spiritual realm began to unfold. It also reflected back a memory I had long since forgotten about in my own youth of also seeing colors dance around on my ceiling at night.

So how does this intuitive gift evolve as a child gets older and is affected by the outside world? Stay tuned as Caden begins to see colors around other people.

©2008 by Tara Paterson, ACPI CCPI, All Rights Reserved
co-author- Raising Intuitive Children (New Page Books, spring '09)

Intuitive Children