Many children ‘hear voices’; most aren’t bothered
Mon Jan 25, 9:51 am ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly 1 in 10 seven- to eight-year-olds hears voices that aren’t really there, according to a new study.
But most children who hear voices don’t find them troubling or disruptive to their thinking, the study team found. “These voices in general have a limited impact in daily life,” Agna A. Bartels-Velthuis of University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands wrote in an email to Reuters Health.
And parents whose children hear voices should not be overly concerned, she added. “In most cases the voices will just disappear. I would advise them to reassure their child and to watch him or her closely.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/hl_nm/us_children_voices
I had to postpone the TV show interview in L.A. until the end of January, due to catching a nasty cold/flu. And once I got over it, I caught yet another cold not a week later. I might be 40 years old, but I eat relatively well, exercise 3-5 times a week, but the stress of going to school and planning out a career change this fall, starting with a 12-15 month full-time education in Mortuary Science, if all goes well, preceeded by 6-12 hours of classes this spring and summer, along with working full-time, is a bit much on anyone I suppose…ecspecially when it’s been below freezing for a month straight here, along with a snow storm.
What a week this has been, and I am happy Friday is almost here! We have an annual PINK meeting this Saturday at Jill’s place (our team psychic) and 2 private cases this month, and I am settling into my plans and schedule finally. I am determined to have a better year than last, and to reach some of my long-term goals before I get too old. If volunteer work with the paranormal takes a back seat for a while, then that’s the way it has to be.
I look forward to getting back on track here, and it looks like I may be working amongst and caring for the dead full-time in the future as well!
Looking forward to a better year and some changes. Look for some posts from Los Angeles around Jan 6-10th, as I’ll be heading there to do a short television interview for an A&E/Biography Channel show episode for “My Ghost Story.” They are featuring one of our local cases and some evidence I happened to catch. It’s truly a “story” based type of show, but love the fact they’re willing to include a piece of evidence and interview with an investigator.
We did have a private case on 12/14, and another scheduled in mid-January. There’s been no updates here or on PINK’s web site the last month or so, purely due to personal events (two babies) the holidays, a job change and following career change by myself, etc…, This simply isn’t a priority when life matters take all of my reserve energy and time. I will be adding a case in Florence KY we completed soon, and Jan should be a lot more active.
Bye for now and thanks for stopping by…Brad
…and I am almost asleep. I’ve heard a couple of light footsteps, a muffled bang, and nothing else. This done in two famously haunted locations. Sigh.
Happy Thanksgiving Paranormalworlds readers…I’ve been rather inactive for the last 2 months, as my personal life and day job change has kept me preoccupied, along with a possible career change in the works for next year. I also upgraded to Windows 7, as Vista caused complete havoc on my hard drive, ability to edit evidence, etc.., and was really causing problems for me. So after upgrading and backing up and transfering/re-installing a million programs and files, I think I’m ready to go again. (by the way I strongly recommend Windows 7 for anyone using any version of Windows)
I am currently talking to a fairly well-known cable TV network, about appearing on an episode in which they are featuring one of our previous cases. It’ll likely be in the form of an interview, and dealing with a piece of evidence I happened to catch on that particular case. Thanks to Mike Palmer for working that out with them and passing it along. I’ll update you on that news whenever I can do so ethically/legally.
In the interim I need to update a case file or two that we completed recently, and will probably start making a regular habit of posting interesting stories and links or blog articles here from now on. I do wish I were a better web designer, and also may seek professional assistance with the web site in the not-so-distant future. So keep checking back!
Brad
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