Last night, Mrs. Furd went to a presentation on dealing with problem children (Furdette is quite the little hellion.)
It turned out that the guy doing the presentation was heavily into esoteric stuff, and there was discussion of “earth rays” and electrical outlets causing children to sleep poorly. :rolleyes:
Mrs. Furd came home all thrilled at having found an explanation for our problems, and told me that she needed to buy a book. I had just shut off the computer, so I asked her to tell me about it instead of just ordering the book from Amazon.
At this point, she told that Furdette is an “Indigo Child,” and that parents of such children need to learn special techniques to deal with them. She also mentioned a connection ADS and ADHD, and that “Indigo Children” were often diagnosed as such.
I asked what made “Indigo Children” what they are, and she evaded the question. Eventually, she told me that they have an indigo colored “aura.”
I did some checking on the internet today, and have found mostly sites that advertise for books about “Indigo Children” but that provide damned little information.
What little I could find runs on about a cycle that has thirteen periods of 2000 years each, and that the newest cycle started (conveniently) with the new millenium and is the indigo period. The previous period was the violet period, and violet parents will (naturally) have trouble raising indigo children. Also, the site mentioned that 90% of children born today are “Indigo Children.”
I need help here, folks. We’ve got a family feud brewing because I don’t buy into this crap, and I can’t find reliable information anywhere.
What’s the Straight Dope on “Indigo Children?”
Hmmm. Seems like, in order to see the colour of the “aura” your child has, you would have to ingest large quantities of hallucinogenic substances. IMHO, that would make your “observations” somewhat suspect.
Now, if we are in the “Indigo Period”, why aren’t all the little tykes Indigo Children? What happens to make a child born in an Indigo Period come out as a Puce Child, or a Beer-barf Green Child?
Inquiring minds (and interior decorators) want to know!
Yeah, you seem to have also seen the problem. You see, Furdette was born in 1998 so she can’t really be from the new millenium. BUT the clowns mention that “Indigo Children” have been becoming more common for years now.
Seems like I’ve seen this kind of argument before: “My observation doesn’t fit your rules.” “Well, the rules are always changing, to accommodate observations like yours. See? Now your observation does fit!”
Is the preponderance of Indigo Children higher or lower than the incidence of clowns looking for their auras?
Hmmm… can’t say anyone will be able to give objective answers, or that there are objective answers here, other than “where the heck is the reproducible scientific evidence for this”?
Effects of EM fields (electrical outlets) I could buy, someone can design an experiment with instrumental measurements for that. “Earth rays”, whatever they are, would have been in the background through our entire evolution (we’ve been in close proximity to Earth all along, right?) so I can’t see how they would be significant.
But the “colors of the aura” as a tool for diagnosing human behavior … well, for now, that lands well inside the “metaphysical beliefs” territory, rather than the “behavioral science” side of the line.
About 90%+ of all children being born “indigo” – AFAIK it’s not like 90% of all children born worldwide around the turn-of-the-century are having unusual problems. So either the “violet” parents are a lot more adaptable than claimed, or the indigo children are not as common, or whatever special condition the indigo aura conveys is stamped out by environmental/social factors, or it is just another unsupported fanciful explanation for the sake of selling books (bear with me, guys, I’m desperately trying to maintain an open mind even though the Emergency Raw Newage Containment System is blaring “BS! BS! BS!”)
BTW, “Thirteen cycles of 2,000 years each” (total: 26K), except for being 13 instead of 12, would sound suspiciously like zodiacal precession, as in “Age of Aquarius” – [url=“http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_055.html”] Cecil’s take on that , including the uncertainty of when the heck it hapens. (Besides why the heck would such a phenomenon match cycles to the millennia of the Gregorian Christian Calendar? )
The indigo children: by their fruitiness you will know them
Because gee, if we do that, then it makes our cockamamie “theory” match our half-baked “observations”, thus increasing our credibility.
Personally, I always thought that the children of the 60s and 70s were more Cosmic than Purple, if we’re looking for appropriate parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Just wait until this gets taken to its ultimate conclusion, and children start appearing with infra-red or ultraviolet aurae. Can “Microwave Children” be far behind?
Thanks, Squink. That seems to be it.
“Channeling Kryon” and children as space aliens here to prepare us for a “New Age.” I can’t wait to show Mrs. Furd just how far off the beam this crap is.
You know, I read an article about the Indigo kids and always was curious about it. Thanks for asking, Mort Furd.
Two things I did notice about their description of indigo kids:
- Their personality seem to be more bratty than sensitive.
- Hey, how come I had some of those traits when I was a kid and that was two decades ago?
That was my problem last night. My ERNCS kicked in at full strength and hurt Mrs. Furd’s ears.
I think, if we want to get to the bottom of this, we’re going to have to turn to the wisdom of the Indigo Girls once again.
(Sorry… just too easy!)
I can’t add anything about the “Indigo” stuff, but I wondered if you might email me, its in my profile.
I have a bit of experience with my own hellion, and I have some really good credible, scientifically based internet links on children’s behavior problems I’d love to share with you.
My youngest son, who is 8, is BiPolar (Manic - Depressive) as well as ADHD, and has been nearly uncontrollable 75% of his little life. He was finally diagnosed last year (after a lot of hard research by me AND his pediatrician), but was manifesting the condition practically from birth. I did a ton of searching and reading online to try to figure out what was going on with him. I don’t mean to imply that your Furdette is in the same situation, but I do know how tough it is when you want so much to help your child and can’t figure out how. I can understand why Mrs. Furd might want to believe this 'Indigo" bit.
I’d be glad to email you some links that might (at least) be able to point you and Mrs. Furd in the right direction.
There are a LOT of whackos out there promoting their startling new “therapies”. I’ve seen everything from behavior difficulties blamed on yeast & gluten allergies to folks promoting blue algae pills. Avoid ‘miracle cures’, it’s not with the risk of causing harm to your Furdette.
I found out that the study and treatment of children’s mental health is really just getting started yet, but there are still lots of legitimate resources available. Let me know if you’re interested.
[puertorrican inside joke]
Hey, in our case, you know it HAS to be because of the Navy weapons tests… coordinated with the alien base at El Yunque 
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Not quite so purely Puerto Rican inside joke - I got it though I live in Germany. I do spend a lot of time listening to the US Armed Forces radio station, however.
I told Mrs. Furd what all was behind “Indigo Children” and she nearly had a cow. Then we checked on the book that the turkey had recommended to her and found out that it was written by a psychologist who uses “Angel Therapy.” It seems that little kiddies can see angels, and the angels can help them …
So, I apologized for having gotten so agitated over things the other night, and Mrs. Furd has dropped the whole indigo bit and we’re going to see about an appointment with a child psychologist.
Bunnymom:
I’ll contact you via e-mail later from home. Thank you for the offer.
Mort