THE CRYSTAL CHILDREN

By Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.

That incident taught me to trust the mental communications that I’d regularly received throughout my life from angels and the spirit world. It helped me when I became a full-time psychic medium years later. And it continues to assist me in my writing and speaking work. When people compliment me on my psychic abilities or prolific writing abilities, I always reply, "Thank you. I’m a good listener."

Being a parent to a Crystal Child means being a good listener as well. In fact, just having a Crystal Child seems to awaken latent psychic abilities in parents. Andrea Kiger calls her three-year-old daughter, Abbie, a "classic Crystal Child" because she matches the description so perfectly.

Andrea says that not only did she give birth to this special little being, but she also gave birth to her own psychic abilities. She recalls, "Out of nowhere I was able to know things, and see and communicate with those who have passed over. This all came about the very day after Abbie’s birth. I’m certain that it was an awakening for me."

Those who have had near-death experiences report an increase in psychic abilities afterward. Many also say that being in the presence of great love, such as that which exists in the afterlife plane, opens us up psychically. So it’s not surprising that parenting a super-loving Crystal Child would have this same effect. Crystals also choose psychically sensitive parents and grandparents as part of their "survival on Earth" techniques. After all, if kids aren’t going to communicate verbally, they need to choose telepathic moms and dads to ensure that their needs are met.

As I’ve mentioned, it’s very common for Crystal Children to begin speaking at age three or later. This was the case for Teresa Zepeda, whose six-year-old daughter is fittingly named "Crystal." Teresa says

"Crystal only spoke three words (Mama, Dada, no) up until age three, when she suddenly started using complete sentences. Prior to that age, she used grunts and charades. We called her ‘cave baby.’ But she also had a way of letting us know what she wanted without saying anything. I guess she was communicating with telepathy. It had to be. How else would I know what she was thinking?"

Teresa’s daughter exemplifies a pattern that many parents describe, whereby the children go from minimal verbalization to more comprehensive speaking skills virtually overnight. Catherine Poulton says her son Kylan, age five, was about three-years- old before he could talk. "Kylan didn’t speak, didn’t even form nouns, and then suddenly one day he started talking in complete sentences."

The issue of late-talking only seems to be a problem for those who worry. For more relaxed parents, it’s a non-issue. Such is the case for Beverly Moore, mother of Ethan, age five. Beverly says that "Ethan didn’t talk until he was about age three. He never had the ‘baby talk sound either. I wasn’t too concerned, as I figured he’d speak when he had something to say. I never had a problem knowing what Ethan wanted."

However, it’s not always easy for parents to nonchalantly accept that their children are "different." One woman told me that she feels embarrassed around other mothers because she suspects that they judge her for having a "mute" son. So, some parents take the matter into their own hands, doing research, reading all the books about late talking, and instituting behavioral and dietary modifications to spur their children’s language development. Evie says her two-year-old daughter, Mei, responded positively to home schooling. She says "Mei was a happy and alert baby who walked at ten months, yet she decided not to speak until later, and we had to evaluate her for speech impairments. She tested very highly in the social and cognitive areas, but she just wouldn’t speak. At around 15 months, she spoke a few words here and there. In fact, her first word was ‘Hi.’ The doctor said she was about four months behind in speaking. So I worked with her at home, and now she talks a lot. At age two, she knows all of her colors, letters, and the numbers one through ten."