"The reason John Edward, James Van Praagh, and the other so-called mediums are unethical and dangerous is that they are not helping anyone in what they are doing. They are simply preying on the emotions of grieving people. As all loss, death, and grief counselors know, the best way to deal with death is to face it head on. Death is a part of life, and pretending that the dead are gathering in a television studio in New York to talk twaddle with a former ballroom-dance instructor is an insult to the intelligence and humanity of the living. "

Who's to say what the best way to deal with death is.

My Eighty-year-old Mother clings to the hope she'll see my Father when she dies.

Edwards makes her feel better.

I don't see the harm.