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The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived

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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.

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.

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.

I am a former pediatrician who now practices holistic medicine for adults and children with chronic problems. I therefore see many children with labels like ADD/ADHD. It maks me shudder to think what we are doing to them when we give them drugs. This book may help explain some of this behavior. Although not all ADD kids are Indigo and not Indigo kids have ADD, we as doctors, parents, teachers and counsellors need to understand that Indigo children are special. They are here (whether or not you believe they are "from" another planet) to shift the world to a new vibration and energy level. This book does an excellent job in explaining what this is all about as well as giving us advice from profesionals and parens who deal with them. This book has opened my eyes to a whole new way of looking at the world and gives me hope for our planet's future.

As a psychologist, I have observed the Indigo phenomenon for years. I have called it "evolutionary behaviours." This is a must read for anyone who has anything to do with children. The Indigo kids are here and deserve to be understood, not drugged! I have recommended this book to parents, teachers and counsellors for greater insight and tips on how to deal with, motivate and generally enjoy these beings. Thanks to the authors for taking the time to enlighten us.

Lee Caroll is great and I have enjoyed all the Kryon books. I have been working with challenging children for many years now and I am a little disappointed by the book. Although I am sure that the "Indigo Child " phenomenon exists, as I have witnessed it myself in my classroom, I found the book very simplistic and not properly supported by hard facts. Too many comments from people that are deeply into the new age movement talking about their own children being amzingly special..Don't we all think that of our own children? As a worker in the field I was looking forward to something a bit more substancial. Also beware of the "I am an Indigo Child " syndrome that seems to be developing in some spiritual circles, with claims of specialness and uniqueness. Aren't we all one? Isn't that what it is all about?

This book basically describes the same people that Carl Jung discribed in Psycological Types. If you continue to read you will realize that these children have always been around in about 1%-5% of the population. Think about how society has changed and why these children are currently being labeled then do a little research about children like Einstein. You will find out that society today in general does not desire children like Einstein in our public schools. If you really want to understand your child and help him/her succeed in todays world continue to read and enlarge your languages. I recommend really learning about Myers Briggs Type Indicator and once you have learned the language (yes it's a bitter harder than giving people a color aura) try reading Nurture by Nature by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger

This book provides very valuable advice on how to approach kids that do not fit some "expected" norms, but unfortunately it tries to make a point that is not that supportable. Kids like the ones described in this book are not new; they have been around for centuries (read Twain for reference). What is new is society expectations of how kids should behave. I would recommend this book to those who have been convinced by school officials and doctors that there is something wrong with their kid, and are trying to look for alternate treatments and different approaches rather than drugs, to deal with those children who prefer to behave like children instead of small adults, or who are having a difficult time accepting the pressures we are putting on them. Before running to drugs which might have long term effects that have never been researched, read this book and apply its advice. You'll see a difference in your kid behavior, regardless of the color of his/her aura.

This book is utter crap. I've always been "unique" and "mature" for my age, pretty into New Agey things, but I don't believe in anything from this book. I believe the Indigo Children concept is true, but not that it's recent/new, not that all children born from a certain year and on are Indigo, and that we don't come from another planet.

This book tries to alienate Indigo children (and their parents) by trying to make them seem god-like and justifying downright bad behaviour. Since when does a child need to be disrespectful to authority to be special? Heck, these days, a child who ISN'T is special.

I've been called Indigo, but clearly not by the terms stated in this book. This book would be good, had the author not mixed in her own personal beliefs into it and just stated facts. It's obviously bias and can only be supported by those extremely New Age people. If you want to believe in this book, then you have to believe in aliens, at the very least.

Not that it's ALL bad though. There are a few pages of actual decent information here, on types of Indigos, which was pretty awesome (except for the type that supposedly comes from a far away planet). In truth, that's the only thing from it I actually believe. The rest of it is mostly for people who think stenching herbs will rid their auras of bad energy.

Overall, it would be a great book if it wasn't so bias (as in, only appealing to New Agers) and mostly composed of perhaps-ficticious essays of people and not fact.

As a person who has been closely involved with children for over 40 years (pediatric nurse, youth social worker and mother of 4), I found this book interesting. The Indigo Children are described as being born in very recent times. I beg to differ. I can remember dealing with children like that in the 60s and 70s. However, societal awareness of them as "special" in the Indigo manner was not present. They were often csonsidered to be "incorrigible" and "uneducable". These children were often sent to juvenile incarceration facilities, foster homes, and/or tranquilized with Librium.