The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived [Paperback]

Lee Carroll (Author), Jan Tober (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

This book is a must for the parents of unusually bright and active children. Indigo children are those who display a new and unusual set of psychological attributes and show a pattern of behaviour generally undocumented before. In this groundbreaking book on the Indigo Child, international authors Lee Carroll and Jan Tober report the information of this increasingly documented and world-wide phenomenon and tell you how to identify this behavioural pattern and guide you on how you, as a parent or teacher of these children, can help them realise their amazing potential not forgetting their spiritual needs or specific health issues.

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Do you think your child is special? Well, perhaps he or she is! Self-help professionals Lee Carroll and Jan Tober have collected essays by dozens of doctors, counselors, and other childhood experts that seem to document the arrival on earth of a newly evolved species of human kiddie referred to here as an "indigo" child. The 10 most common traits are: 1.) They come into the world with a feeling of royalty. 2.) They have a feeling of deserving to be here. 3.) Self-worth is not a big issue. 4.) They have difficulty with authority by ritual or without explanation. 5.) They simply will not do certain things. 6.) They get frustrated with systems that don't require creative thought. 7.) They often see better ways of doing things. 8.) School is often difficult for them and they can seem antisocial. 9.) They will not respond to guilt-trip discipline. 10.) They are not shy about letting you know what they need.

If your little angel/devil fits this pattern and you are pulling your hair out trying to relate, you may want to read this book before resorting to Ritalin. --P. Randall Cohan

About the Author

Jan Tober and Lee Carroll speak before thousands of seminar attendees worldwide on human enablement and empowerment. Jan and Lee have been invited three times to present their message of hope and love at the United Nations

Product Details

• Paperback: 249 pages
• Publisher: Hay House; 1 edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561706086
• ISBN-13: 978-1561706082
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Raising Indigo Children, June 27, 2003

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southpaw68 "southpaw68" (florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived (Paperback)

The authors Lee Carroll and Jan Tober attempt to prove that children diagnosed with ADD may actually be indigo children who will transform society into a new age of peace and love, from what I gather.

Some examples of children being indigo children made them seem like typical kids: one didn't want to read Mark Twain for school because he wasn't interested; another didn't want to study history because the present was all that mattered to him. The authors want to revamp the schools to accommodate indigo children.

I thought the authors could have spent more time on explaining what indigos are, what their characteristics are, and what their purpose is. I thought they should have spent more time explaining their color theory of people having different colored auras and how these auras affect what type of person they are and what their purpose is. Although the book has a lot of contributors with all kinds of professional credentials, I thought the content was fluffy at times and the reading level and the sophistication of the content lower than it should have been in order for it to be an in-depth study of indigos.

The book is geared toward the parents of ADD "indigo" children and gives advice on how to raise them, mainly saying that one should treat them with same respect as you would give an adult and explain your reasons for having the children do certain things. Some of the suggestions I thought were to complicated and idealistic to be useful. When there is serious discipline problem with a child and you're being tested and rebelled against, most likely you're going to fight fire with fire, not be some sort of wise, angelic, calm being who gently persuades the child to conform to your wishes.

I thought some of the references for new age healing and alternative schools were interesting and of some value. Some of the personal testimony from indigos on being indigo was a highlight also. --But who knows? These special indigo children may just be typical kids behaving badly worsened by the fact that parents may not be parenting as attentively as they used to do in the past with both of them working full time and putting their kids in the care of strangers in day care centers.

Maybe as time passes and this phenomenon proves to be real, someone will write a definitive, in-depth, classic work on indigos. I think it may be too early to do that at this time.

52 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful, April 11, 2000

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Elizabeth R. Tucker (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived (Paperback)

I found this book very helpful, especially in terms of the references made to ADD,or ADHD children. My son has been "clinically" diagnosed as ADHD. Though I know this to be a concern for parents, I don't believe this is correct for him. The description for the indigo child seemed to be more of what we were observing. He has a strong spiritual side that astounds all of the family.

I found the letters written by the kids who believe they are like this to be the most valuable part of the book. They felt they were "okay" and now understood what this was all about. I also found the tips on Blue-green algae helpful, as I have been giving that to my son, and it has made a difference.

I feel too often we discount what our children say, because they are children. I found this book refreshing as it listened to the children and enabled we parents to hear them.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Different, December 28, 2000

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"stormlvr" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived (Paperback)

I was not sure what to expect from this book. I found some of the concepts interesting and plausible, however, I find it difficult to understand at many points exactly what the author was trying to get across. It did seem a bit far outside the mainstream for me, but then I cannot dispute or agree with the authors. It does provide a different viewpoint for many of us exasperated parents of these wonderful children with special needs.

I don't find this to be any type of cure all, or even offer much advice to those who are living with children who are severely ADD/ADHD, but I do appreciate many of the things they had to say to help me focus on my child as a true individual with a spirit unlike mine.

I would suggest getting this from a library before purchasing, just to see if it will be the right type of book for you, your needs and if it will give you an additional perspective into your child.