are children psychic

No ethel It is just you worrying. Let them know that you hope they have a lovely holiday, and that you will be thinking of them and how much they will be enjoying it.

How old is DGD etheltbags1. Could it be that she is excited about going on holiday and wishes it was for ever? I don't think that any harm will come to any of them, at least I hope not.

Oh heck ethel, it probably means nothing. To a small child I imagine 'for ever' just means more than one or two nights/sleeps.

It's like they're trying to imagine something that they can't express any other way.

((Hugs)) to you x

Ethelbags...we are all hardwired to worry...see t'other thread!

I am sorry but I do not believe in psychic abilities....have read too many considered articles that explain just how easy it is to leap to conclusions...proof is pretty much non-existent. I fully understand that some people do believe ...but I do not.

Over worrying is such a burden, you are not alone, I have to work very hard not too over think events. I've said it on the other thread....think calmly about the facts, what do you know to be true and keep that in mind.

I agree with whitewave.

ethel, you have 'a bad feeling' about so many things in your life, as we know only too well...

It's natural to worry a bit when family members go away. I bet your DGD was just repeating something she's heard on tv or a dvd - or perhaps it's just that for a little one a week or two away from home seems like 'forever'.

x posts and same opinion, Loopy!

Oh, and hilda too - my typing must be slow this evening!

It's like me saying 'I could sleep forever' when I'm knackered, I know that's not likely to happen any more than being woken up by a handsome Prince!

No ethel it is absolutely NOT possible for your DGD to have a premonition; but it IS possible for you to worry over a tiny throwaway child's remark.

Take a deep breath and try and think rationally.

Of course it is always possible for loved ones to have accidents - that is a fact of life - but the truth is that it is VERY unlikely indeed. I worry a bit when my DDs are racing up and down the motorway - we all do - but I always tell myself that the most likely outcome is that they will all be fine.

We all sometimes have a "bad feeling" about something, but most of the time it is totally unfounded and life ticks along fine.

Having surgery and the health scares that have beset you recently will make you more sensitive to worry - so remind yourself of that, and get on with your convalescence!

I cant help worrying it rules my life. If anything was to happen to my family I would want to die too, however I cant rule their lives and they have to do their 'own thing' as I did when I was younger so I will just try to keep myself busy this week and do things that will take my mind off it at least for a short while.

However, disasters do happen to people and tragedies strike so it is possible and that's why I worry. I just cant help it.

btw DGD is 2and a half. She repeats lots of stuff that she sees on tv or the ipad. She makes a lots of stories up and we do laugh but I cant imagine a tv show for kids having the phrase 'Im going away for ever'. she repeats this daily. Hence my worry.

is no one on gnet psychic

The odds are that there are gransnetters who claim to be psychic. The chances of them actually being so…

I really believe in it, I have paid over £40 for a session and the predictions came true.

ethel - your anxiety is ruling every aspect of your life - it might help to discuss it with your GP. I know you might not want drugs, but I can tell you from the experience of a close relative, that it can transform your life. It would be so good if you could feel more in control, and rid of this terrible sense of foreboding.

Why did you pay for a session (?) if you believe that you're psychic yourself, ethel?

Maybe someone has said to her that they are not going away for ever when she was upset about them leaving? Children pick up on all sorts of phrases and play around with them.

I suspect that if you don't have anything worth worrying about, you worry about just anything at all.

For your £40, did the psychic tell you that you were going to be having a serious cancer operation? If not, they weren't very good, were they? If they did - well, one in three of the population will have cancer at some point in their lives, so they have one chance in three of being right, and if they had been wrong, you would not have remembered the prediction. We remember the things that match the forecast, not the things that were miles out.

the psychic told me I would go to hospital for treatment for something 'down below' but I had a small op for womens things 4 years ago so I thought she meant that. she also told me I had something that was incurable but treatable but this was about 8 years ago.

I once "read " tea leaves for someone , I did it for a laugh . She told me it all came true , I was scared , but it turned out she was turning the joke against me and nothing had happened ,

etheltbags it really wouldn't be hard for any 'psychic', doing a reading for a woman of a certain age (and grandmother to boot), to take a stab at her going to hospital at some future time for something 'down below'. In fact, a fairly safe bet I'd say.
Children say all sorts of things. I remember my DD at 4 years old suddenly bursting into tears and blurting out "why does (xyz) have to die?!" She appeared terribly distressed. The person she was referring to was her newly born cousin, whom she had yet to meet. This outburst took place while my mother and I were talking and we were really taken aback and quite alarmed, obviously. But the cousin is still here, married with a little girl of her own, perfectly healthy. My DD probably overheard our conversation, mishearing something one of us said, and thought we were talking about the baby dying. Perhaps we'd said crying, I don't know. There was absolutely nothing psychic about it at all.
Please try not to worry. Someone once said to me "there's no point in worrying, because the things you worry about almost certainly won't happen. Instead, other problems will arise, problems you would never in a million years have thought of."

I am surprised at you having such trust in psychics, ethel It is not like you to blindly believe someone giving you information plucked out of nowhere - you have been so doubtful about the motives of so many people around you, and the things you have been told about things in this world.

There are only two kinds of 'psychic' - the charlatan and the deluded.

ethelbags1 As Mishap says I too would recommend that you talk to your GP. It is very unusual for someone to be as negative and untrusting ( other than of the so called psychic ).

We all worry to some extent about our friends and family but I really do think you need help.

I think all your fears and worries are often at the back of most women's minds when we reach our age, but because you've been ill they're coming to the surface too much and overwhelming you.

When my Dh husband passed away, every time I saw my little Gs he begged me not to die. It did freak me out but I reassured him over and over again that I might die but if I did he should remember me in a happy way.

Children say the strangest things and I agree with the others that "forever" in a child's mind just means for a long time.