He is there because he wants to be, and children sense that.

"But if children sense a parent's nervousness, they'll interpret the visit as a bigger deal than it is."

But if two fingers are touched in rapid succession, the children only sense a single touch, she said.

Even a child could sense that the year was hovering on the edge of tipping from darkness to light.

When Tessie died, even the youngest children who had known her sensed a sharp loss.

Many children, survivors say, sensed the danger and strained to reach above the bar.

As Ms. Brody points out, children sense when parents put their own needs first.

The child sensed this, I believed, and was very disturbed about it.

That's the most important thing because a child can sense whether or not you're sincere.

He didn't even have to lie, which the child might have sensed.