Seeing Ghosts
What to Do If Your Child Sees Ghosts
There are some simple things you can do if your child says they see dead people.
I imagine that the title of this piece caused more than one reader to want to know if it’s really about what the title says. I can assure you that it is. There are many children who report seeing ghosts, something that can cause distress to parents if not the children themselves. And with Halloween just around the corner, this phenomenon is likely to increase.
Why Do So Many Children Say They See Ghosts?
Anyone who has been a parent, taught elementary school, babysat, or just hung out with children likely experienced them claiming to see a ghost. It can be a bit unnerving when this happens and when the child is very young and it’s clear they aren’t just trying to weird you out, you may wonder if they just might be seeing something that you can’t.
Yet there’s also a plausible explanation for this, other than these children channeling a spirit from the great beyond, especially this time of year. Children often become fixated on ghost stories when Halloween is approaching, often because there are more scary movies and television programs and they are more apt to read similar types of stories that…
