Indigo Children 101
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Is Your Child an Indigo?
According to the Indigo Children website, Indigos can be identified by the following traits (paraphrased):
- Come into the world with a feeling of royalty
- Self-worth is not a big issue
- Difficulty with absolute authority
- Become frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented
- See better ways of doing things, both at home and in school
- Seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind
- Have social difficulties at school
- Don't respond to "guilt" discipline
- Not shy in letting you know what they need
If you've been in a bookstore or surfed the web for parenting resources recently, you've likely come across the concept of Indigo Kids. What are Indigo children? This is what I found.
What is Meant by Indigo Child?
According to many, there are new souls among us whose job it is to facilitate a transition to the next stage in the evolution of human consciousness. There's a mouthful. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but suffice it to say that Indigo Kids are special. They have unique talents and abilities that none of us mere mortals seem to understand. Some of the attributes are similar to those of children labeled as gifted.
Indigo Kids are said to be highly sensitive and multidimensional. They are thought to have many talents and even advanced intuitive powers. People who embrace this idea believe that the next generation of children is markedly different from us, as if they are born knowing.
It's not clear to me whether the idea of Indigo children applies to all children or only a select few. The general idea seems to be that children possess a certain wisdom that we adults have lost and we need to honor them and learn from them.
Do Indigos live among us? Who knows? If the idea gets people to treat children with respect - great. If it's just another way to spoil our kids rotten and shirk our parental responsibilities, I'll have none of it.
What color is your child?
According to the Skeptic's Dictionary, the term Indigo Child was derived from psychic and synesthete Nancy Ann Tappe's work classifying people's personalities by the color of their auras. Indigo children have indigo colored auras. However, the Indigo Children website states:
"...just in case you heard otherwise from other "indigo" sources, the designated word "Indigo" has nothing to do with the color of an aura! It is the result of scientific observations by a woman who has the brain disorder called synesthesia"
Tappe says young Indigo children have unusually large, clear eyes. They are extraordinarily bright and precocious have possess above average memory and strong desire to live instinctively.
Explanation for Hyperactivity?
In the book, The Indigo Children, many authors put forward the idea that many children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are actually Indigo children, needing special care and training instead of drugs like Ritalin. Faced with the choice of how to view your children, would you rather believe they are special and chosen for some high mission or that they have a problem?
It's an interesting viewpoint and I look forward to learning more. Please let us all know any resources you know of in the comments.
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The Children of Now: Crystalline Children, Indigo Children, Star Kids, Angels on Earth, and the Phenomenon of Transitional Children
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I've never heard of this before, so I was fascinated by this hub.
Huh, that's an interesting idea, but I have to say that based on the list of traits described as being "Indigo" it kind of sounds like the whole idea is just an excuse for people to feel good about raising brats, because their kids are "special" and the rules don't apply to them.
But possibly I am just old-fashioned.
I stumbled on the idea when I was looking for gifted resources, but it's a little soft around the edges. I suppose my philosophy for dealing with my gifted child is that he's just him - I don't treat him differently because he's gifted. The Indigo camp seems even more entitled-sounding than the gifted folks. I'm still out on this one. If some people want to beleive their kids are EXTRA-extra special, there's no harm in that.
Yes. At 15 months it's a little hard to say for sure, but my daughter shows every sign of being extremely intelligent (I know, I know, all parents think their kids are geniuses) and extremely strong-willed, and as far as I'm concerned, it's my job to teach her self-discipline and responsibility so she can use her brains and assertiveness for good, not cater to her demands because she's somehow "special." All kids are special.
Being demanding, easily frustrated, and convinced the world revolves around you (to paraphrase the Indigo "traits") isn't being a higher evolutionary form, it's being a toddler, and any kid who *consistently* displays those behaviors beyond toddlerhood is being misunderstood by his or her parents, not society at large.
Hi Lela, I have the book ~ the Indigo Children ~ by Lee Carroll & Jan Tober. I read it years ago with my first child and my favorite quote is, "They cannot understand why others operate in anything but love." We're talking the non-judgemental love such as Jesus, not the "love hurts" type of love.
Do I think my any of my kids are Indigos? I am not one much for labels these days, but I will say this about how children "act": if one really takes the time to examine children's behavior it can be traced back to... an innate desire for fun, joy, satisfaction of curiousity, and/or engagement (even if it initially speaks otherwise to us adults). Even a hit or normally seen as abhorrent behavior can be traced back to this. Sometimes it is a desperate attempt to reset a very off balance. Shall we medicate them or try and control them... well, I think we're seeing how well that works.
I do believe that there are certain souls on this planet who are part of the whole awakening process. Each of us has the ability to awaken. It makes sense that some of us would hold light for others, so that they, too, would recognize their own light...
In the terms of respecting vs. spoiling kids... one downfall of parenting can be trying to do everything for a child and also getting them everything they want, when the parent is resenting it. Indigo and all children have a desire to be shown the way, not have it done to them... :o)
If we would see our children as in little bodies, but actually spiritually larger than us, and take the cues that when we feel irritated with them it's not actually their behavior that needs immediate change necessarily. A look inside of our selves will reveal much in this area... For we can never totally control others to make us happy. We can punish or put a child in time out, or lock them in their room, or make them do push ups, or show them who's boss, or whatever, but bottom line if they come out and do it again, we still have the issue of another's ability to set us off.
What to do? Keep plugging along. Life is unfolding and this is one area that we'll likely be watching with interest for a few years to come. I'll be highlighting some stuff that's helped me and it will be fun to discuss!
Nice hub, Lela. The Uriel Heals newsletter has articles on Indigo and Crystal children every week, has for some time now. The author has an Indigo son, so she is able to offer first hand experience as well as other information. If you are interested and can't find it, just let me know. I get it delivered to my inbox each week, I can forward one to you or the link.
Interesting indeed. My jury is still out on this one but I tend to agree a lot with RainbowRecognizer's comment. I had never heard about this before.
If you were to research enough you would find out that there was a boom of Indigo children in the 70s. This tells me that most of the indigo children were conceived from a lot of those who were in the love-ins and such. Drug use was glamorized at the time.
My opinion is that these children were born to drug using parents and from there has gathered a following.
I am thinking that I agree with Sir Dent with this one. I also think that all my children are special and deserve to be treated with love and respect.
Donna
Didnt Jesus say many are called but few are chosen?
Didnt he also say do not stop the children from coming to me for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them? perhaps they are like this due to the innocence and untainted ability to be close to God. If jesus is really coming back due to the world ending soon and scientifically it seems to be true, isnt he raising up a generation that will stand for righteousness and combat evil? Im gen X they profisised it would happen in my lifetime and we will see what happens soon.
Interesting Hub - I have never heard of Indigo children.
I have never heard of Indigo children before.. Huh, very good hub. If you find anymore information out there, contact me and let me know. Im not too sure about this, but wouldnt Indigo children apply to all children. It seems to me as so in some ways and not in others. Anyone have an idea?
News to me,never heard of indigo children.All i know is if you look a child in the eyes,you can tell wheather they are lying or not.
Having just written a novel that featured Indigo Children and Crystal Children, I've done a lot of reading on the subject, including the orignal Kryon book. If that rings no bells, Kryon was a spiritual entity who had never been human, channeled by Tober and Carrol, who wrote the book. Kryon announced the coming of Idigos. The Indigo Children were said to have been born after 1970, which doesn't mean they were the children of druggies--2008 is after 1970, too. Do I believe in them? I don't know. There are many things in this world I do not understand and perhaps never will. There are children who are born with all the Indigo characteristics-- several in my own family. An intellectually gifted child is a challenge to raise-- and an incredibly exciting experience to share life with. Contrary to the comments above, they aren't "brats". Just as there are no bad horses, only bad riders, there are in my experience no bad children, only inept parents. Like all children, those with Indigo traits require a judicious mixture of love and reasonable discipline. Brats are often undisciplined children who therefore never learn to internalize discipline and answer to their own sense of right and wrong. With few exceptions, the children I've known who didn't understand the meaning of the word "no" had parents who didn't understand the meaning of the word.
Very interesting! I have never heard of indigo children. But then again I would say that all children are perfectly great and special in one form or another.
(Naturally mine are the very best....not that I'm biased or anything.)
Great hub regards Zsuzsy
Mine are usually only indigo when one of them has had a pen... :/
Brilliant, gifted, spiritual? Yes. But they are just various shades of flesh tone
Well, well, isn't this all very interesting. I see we've struck a chord here. I'll definitely be looking further into this topic and see what I come up with. I appreciate all your comments and theories. What it comes down to is - so what? If you beleive your child is an Indigo, so what? If it helps you be a parent parent, then it's a good thing. To me, it's like raising any other child. The child is an individual first, before being part of any group.
Wow, I've never heard of this. I actually hope that it is true. The human race can definitely use some evolution.
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Stacie Naczelnik says:
6 months ago
I think it is an interesting concept as well. I have participated in discussion about this idea and done a little reading on it, but haven't yet formed my own opinion.