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How to evaluate a child's claimed religious experience

My teenage daughter claims Jesus appeared to her during youth group and told her to become a missionary, but she's always been dramatic and I can't tell if this is real or attention-seeking.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Discerning authentic spiritual experience from psychological need requires navigating the delicate territory between validation and discernment.

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