this is an interesting phenomenon. not the kids but the people who are promoting such ideas.

seems to me, the power of belief being what i KNOW it to be, i could take any well adjusted and bright to precocious child and tell them they were special and what those special attributes were and that child would live up to that implanted perception in amazing ways.

this discussion is going to lack as much credibility as the aliens on earth debate due to one thing - no real evidence. show me an alien and interview him on larry king and we got something. show me a kid that can tell me what i am thinking, levitate me out of my chair and glow in the dark and we got something.

the evidence is so ephemeral for these creatures that it is hard to see it. and there are no controls. hell, quit warehousing kids in cinderblock buildings and trying to pigeonhole them into worker/worker supervisor molds and let them run free in nature and you might find a whole new creature on the earth - people!