My School Discovery for My Emotionally Intuitive Son

I have known from the time I was pregnant with my seven year old son, Caden, I would eventually homeschool him. I can remember conversations on the phone with my mom about all of the reasons it was the right thing to do (having no knowledge he would turn out to be an emotionally intuitive child w/ strong psychic abilities).

Recently, we have been presented with the reality that if he continues in public school, he will have to be held back in 2nd grade. I always knew this could be a possibility, but knowing what I do about his greater ability to see the “whole” of a situation (and in most cases life), I know a traditional school setting is no longer a viable option if I want to keep his psychic gifts open and manageable.

This year is a turning point for his psychic connection. As Dr. Goode and I discuss in our book Raising Intuitive Children, between the ages of 7 and 8, psychic children make decisions based on their support system whether or not they will remain open or begin to shut down their gifts. What occurred to me in our situation with Caden, is how school is not an option that will support him with staying connected to his psychic abilities.

Funny how things can trigger the deeper knowing we already have within us. Earlier this week, my husband became aware of the way in which his psychic gifts were shut down and how it showed up in his life in the form of petit mal seizures for over four years. By discussing his own discovery, we both realized if we keep Caden in public school he will either have to close off some of what he knows to cope on a day to day basis or we need to remove him from the environment entirely.

Caden is what we refer to as an emotional- intuitive (or empathic) with strong psychic abilities and the impact the school environment has had on both his nervous system and his energy has had an enormous affect on his ability to focus on the linear tasks the school requires of a child his age.

Being empathic he:

reads others
feels others
defines himself in relation to others
needs energetic boundaries
emotional management skills
self-identification
and confidence

Caden absorbs what goes on around him in school from the constant chatter of all of the students, to the kid who's picking on one of his friend’s, to the kid getting in trouble with the teacher, and once at home he will often melt down from all of the energetic chaos he absorbed. It makes getting through the day for a child with his sensitivities a challenge all on its own.

So our decision has become an obvious one if we want to continue to nurture his psychic abilities. We put his health at risk (such as my husband’s experience with seizures from shutting his down; at the same age I might add) if we continue to expect him to cope with a school environment that is not yet ready to understand a child with these sensitivities.

And intuitively I knew homeschooling was the outcome in utero. Be patient and pay attention to those nudges and feelings. When its time, your kids will give you the answers. Be willing to remain open to their needs!