[LIConFem]

"How do they become interested in this stuff?"

I don't know, but that's kinda beside the point. The question isn't what interests kids, but whether those interests prove harmful. I'm not even sure that kids who have an interest in wizards/magic/the occult/et cetera actually believe in any of it. Seems more likely that it's just childish fantasy. They may talk about it as though it's real, but such is the nature of fantasies.

As for actually engaging in occult practices, I can't really address that because I wouldn't know an "occult practice" from a sinus headache. But again, do a child's interests necessarily congeal into hard belief? Is pretending to be a wizard any more harmful than pretending to be Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman?

I haven't read the Ouija board reviews as yet, but I will and get back to ya.

[Aquinasfan]

As for actually engaging in occult practices, I can't really address that because I wouldn't know an "occult practice" from a sinus headache.

Tarot. Seances. Ouija. Fortune-telling, etc.

But again, do a child's interests necessarily congeal into hard belief?

Not necessarily. But if you have children, you know that children are strongly influenced by the stories that they're exposed to.

Is pretending to be a wizard any more harmful than pretending to be Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman?

Yes, because the occult is real.