My friends and I have had this discusion many times. Yes they know. I don't know how but most people who clown much have had this experiance. Way to many times to be a coincidence.
I know that standing in line to pay for groceries the child in the cart in front of me will give me that knowing look. While sitting the the lobby of a restarant waiting to be seated a child will often come right over and sometimes right onto my lap.
We have talked about why this may be. Could it be we see children while all others tend to pass them by. We make eye contact. But a lot of moms will do that.
Intuition on the part of the child? Why not. We credit dogs with such intuition all the time. They know a good person or a bad person before the door is even opened. Why can't a child be born with the ability to scence things about people?
Children are credited with the ability to see spirits by some.
I like to think they depend on that unspoken communication while small kids. That ability leaves most of them as they become more dependent on on verbal communication. And those special children who lack verbal skills due to Autisum other such things sometimes retain that intuition. They just can't tell us about it.
So I just assume many of them know. They catch my eye and I smile knowing that we both know this little secret.
So Pickles you are not the first to see this and I'm sure you will not the last. It is just one of the perks of what we do.
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