The demons will hear them!
That's what my 11 y.o. told me yesterday. She got this little gem of wisdom from my mother while visiting my parents.
She said, "Mom, I'm only gonna tell you this if you don't criticise Grammy."
"ok Kid, let it rip."
"Grammy said we should tell each other our happy dreams but if we tell bad dreams the demons will hear it and make it happen to us!"
"@(#*$&%^Y#^$&@* Son of a #*$*(@&$^ I'll be @*$^&@$*&.
NO THAT IS NOT TRUE CHILD. When daddy and I have bad dreams, sometimes we wake each other up to tell our bad dreams and get a hug before we go back to sleep. The DEMONS might be strong but guess what--Jehovah is stronger! When you have a bad dream, and you can't sleep, please come and wake me up so we can laugh about it and you can get back to sleep."
Hopefully, she'll keep letting these little gems out so I can explode them. I would hate for her to grow up under the fear of demons like all the JW kids, me included. I chose not to even go down the "Prove there are demons" road. Just told her JEHOVAH IS THE STRONGEST.
Lisa,
(who dreamed that lizards were living in her nose last night, really.)