 Why will adult psi contact hurt the children?
As director of psionic research at the Hoffman Medical Center, he had long since learned how administrative detail could suck up daytime hours. "A Theory of Psionic Influence on Infant and Child Development." "So far, we haven't found any way to set up logical controls," said Melrose. "In fact, you can't really be certain that your instruments are measuring the children at all. We've known for a long time that every human being has extrasensory potential to one degree or another. Just as the ability to think logically in a crisis instead of giving way to panic is a differentiating quality." For one thing, it seemed to be immensely more powerful and active in infants and children than in adults.
 Adult psi contact dampens the children's natural psionic abilities. Eventually, adult psi contact will snuff out a child's abilities altogether.
 Adult psi contact increases a child's psionic ability so much it can cause a psychotic break.  Adult psi contact overwhelms the children's brains. It gives them migraines.  Adult psi contact overwhelms the children's nervous systems. It gives them nose bleeds.  Adult psi contact dampens the children's natural psionic abilities. Eventually, adult psi contact will snuff out a child's abilities altogether.