PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHO?
- Children believed to have special, unusual, and supernatural abilities
- These abilities include:
- -Heightened curiousity, IQ, intuitive ability
- -Clear sense of purpose, strong-willed, resistant to authority
- -Spiritual, strong sense of entitlement and self-worth
ORIGIN
The term 'indigo children' originated in the 1970's, from psychic Nancy Ann Tappe, who noticed that more children were being born with bluish-indigo auras. This idea was developed and popularized by husband and wife writers Lee Carroll and Jan Tober in 1998 in their book 'The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived'.
THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF INDIGO CHILDREN
Alternative Diagnosis To...
-Narcissistic/Poor
Parenting
-Damage or Mental Illness
-Simply that their child is more aware than other children
Relation to ADHD...
- 'Gifted' rather than 'brain disorder'
- Traits of indigo children are the same as traits for ADHD ((heightened curiosity, strong-willed, resistant to authority)
