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 Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:17 pm
No this isn't spam...even though the subject looks it...heh!
Anyway. I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 5. Been on ritalin and it generally made me feel worse, even though, it essentially calms you down to some degree. I don't know why but my mum found a leaflet on indigo children and was interested and took me along to a seminar. This was whilst I was in America at the time. My mum has only recently told me about this because I asked her what indigo children are, after reading on this website. Daft as it may seem I stumbled across this through google search. I was bored and typing in my fave colours and came across this website:
http://www.indigochild.com/
I don't believe myself to be an indigo child. And, personally, I think it's utter New Ageist bullcrap (please no offence to any who happen to be New Ageists, am just brash like this). But if anyone has more information at their disposal I'd gladly sink it in! Who knows maybe someone can change my opinion on this matter (can't see that happening but I love a CHALLENGE!).
Much obliged! The Nutty One
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:05 pm
I agree with you on the New Ageist part. I apparently fit all the guidelines that website gave for Indigo Children, but I've never really felt special or anything. I don't see how fitting those guidelines makes anyone more "special" or "important" than a regular child.
I'm skeptical when it comes to rediagnosing ADD and ADHD people as "Indigo." I understand that the site is trying to say that it could be a different learning style that is the key to unlocking the genius of these children, but the same could be said of any type of person who doesn't quite fit the mainstream education methods.
Another claim the website made was that there is a recent increase in ADD (and consequently, potential Indigo Children). Untrue. Take this analogy for instance. For hundreds of years, people died of "old age." as our medical technology increased, less deaths were considered old age and are now attributed to cancer, pneumonia, influenza, emphysema, etc. Now that we know what to call it, it's not old age anymore, even though people are living longer than ever. I guarantee you if you examine human behavior through the ages, the symptoms of ADD may be visible, though the diagnosis ADD is relatively new.
Basically put, I think "Indigo Child" is simply a New Age way of putting the minds of troubled parents at ease when their children are diagnosed with learning disorders. (No offense to your mother, by the way.)
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A Murder of Angels Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:53 pm
I am not knowledgable enough about this phenomena to make any firm comments about the content. But given it's general lack of endorsement from any credible psychological association such as the APA, I'm not putting much stock in the notion right now. The list of symptoms actually falls under certain personality disorders listed in the DSM.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:20 pm
www.namastecafe.com
Interesting little website, that. You might find it useful.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:05 pm
All I know is my sister has all those qualities. It gets annoying.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:43 pm
I see it, not in all cases, as an excuse for parents to use for how their child acts.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:21 pm
If you ask me, you should just get to know your child. You don't need a book on that, its free.
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:57 pm
ffdarkangel If you ask me, you should just get to know your child. You don't need a book on that, its free.
Being a parent does not make one competent. The vast majority of parents do not deserve their title.
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:29 pm
Son of Axeman ffdarkangel If you ask me, you should just get to know your child. You don't need a book on that, its free.
Being a parent does not make one competent. The vast majority of parents do not deserve their title.So, even a better reason. Maybe the parents can earn the title if they didn't have it before.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:28 am
That requires prior competence. Which, of course, isn't provided by having a child. But since having a child doesn't automatically grant competence, one can't have the competence to actually observe the children and get to know them. But that requires prior compet--
You see where I'm going with this, right? It's a great, big cycle of monstrous stupidity that can't be readily cured (in most cases) through observation alone (sadly enough). Some people need to be guided in the right direction. Others need to be herded. My only hope is that the shepard didn't fall asleep in common sense class.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:23 am
I'm not even sure that it's the competence that's lacking - I think it's more a willingness to get involved, really.
It's so much simpler to slap a label on your child when they start showing symptoms you consider outside the (adult, mind you, most of the Indigo symptoms are pretty normal kid things at one time or another) norm for behavior and thinking than it is to actually talk to them, play with them and puzzle out why they're thinking that way.
Thus, *slap* Indigo sticker on the forehead, my child is -special-, now I will mollycoddle rather than listen. Because it's simple, and involves less effort than doing what really counts.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:58 pm
I agree with Byaggha (WHAT a cool s/n btw!). I would just like to point out though that my mother does not totally believe in this. She thinks, for some part, it maybe plausible. My father and I do not! She was given the leaflet by some sympathetic woman at the time around my diagnosis. We all went to the convention mentioned. My Dad, however, was extremly (sp) unimpressed and basically said "It's more crap spewing from America yet again!"
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:09 pm
Psychological disorders are "just a label" about as much as "quadriplegic" is just a label for a guy who's too lazy to get up and work. ADD and ADHD involve a set of symptoms that can be replicated, thus it deserves just as much attention as any other illness.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:52 pm
Indigo Children don't exist. Okay? Okay.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:06 pm
Son of Axeman Psychological disorders are "just a label" about as much as "quadriplegic" is just a label for a guy who's too lazy to get up and work. ADD and ADHD involve a set of symptoms that can be replicated, thus it deserves just as much attention as any other illness. Everyone HAS a psychological disorder, it's not meant to be passed around as a label as fads and subcultures are meant to be. It's when the person cannot deal with this, and/or, can't control this to some extent that it becomes an issue. I have bipolar disorder which I have to control with certain elements. Amazingly, the fact that I am pregnant right now may cause me to be violently sick more than most mums-to-be. But because of my high levels of hormones they've actually calmed me down and put me into a "serene" state of mind. And I agree, Indigo Children do not exsist, but to some people they do. Please be tolerant of that.
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