I am really upset with one parent who viciously attacked me via Facebook because I questioned her son’s psychic abilities after watching a sophomoric interview (and one sided) about his pretend powers.
See the interview below and captured screen shots of my communication (via Facebook) with her son. You’ll determine there is NOTHING inappropriate with my emails and this lady (in my opinion) is a lose cannon and possibly she needs help. This article will be broken down into various parts. I don’t have time right now, but believe me, there is an epic rant coming.
Psychics – I’m holding nothing back.
All the psychics provide to people, who lets say, want to communicate with a dead loved one is platitudes and things they want to hear. It’s always responses like, “Your father loves you and wishes you will move on” it’s never “Your father was unfaithful to your mother for 20 years and wishes that he never had you.”
Psychics fall into two categories. They are either scammers or well meaning yet delusional people who honestly think they have some kind of power. Psychics prey on grieving, desperate emotional people who have suffered some kind of loss or tragedy and are looking for closure or comfort. People also base important life decisions on the word of the charlatans and spend huge amounts of money on readings. Look up cold reading or hot reading to see how these people operate.
Here’s “Psychic Kids in a nutshell. The producers look for disturbed kids who think they’ve got magic powers, and then they’re flying in “professional psychics” to coach them in dealing with their awesome powers, i.e., indulge their delusions, get off on feeling superior to unhappy kids, and collect a paycheck for psychic child abuse. Not only are kids and their parents getting sucked into believing things with no solid evidence, but targeting children with documented psychological problems and giving them bogus solutions precludes them getting professional medical therapy and assistance they obviously could use. Even worse, televising the entire process normalizes the idea for the audience, which might include other troubled kids and parents who decide to try the same “solutions” with “paranormal experts” that aren’t monitored by TV cameras.