Dos resources...

I am pretty sure that I am going to do my research paper on "Indigo Children" and tie in the progressive schooling and teaching methods that were talked about in our earlier readings of our text book. My first resource is a book entitled "The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived" by two authors, Lee Carroll and Jan Tober. This book was published in 1999 by Hay House. I'll start out with the definition of an Indigo Child---one who displays a new and unusual set of pscyhological attributes and shows a pattern of behavior generally undocumented before. Their behavioral patterns have unique factors that suggest that people who interact with them (usually parents), have to change their treatment and upbringing of them in order to achieve balance. Indigo Children share common traits such as a feeling of "deserving to be here", difficulty with absolute authority, noncomforming to any system, often see better ways of doing things both at home and in school. Kids that are considered to have ADD or ADHD, could actually just be Indigo's but their parents and doctors are too blind to 'see' that and just shove Ritalin down their throats until they become mindless robots by the time they get out of high school. I have just started reading this book but it has tons of reliable sources such as doctors, psychologists, and other people who share their experiences and views on this "new breed" of children. This book was not only created to get the word out on Indigo's but to also give parents a guide to better understand their child if he/she is an Indigo. I'm excited to further my knowledge on this topic and research to write a paper.

The second source I have is the website, http://indigochild.com. This site is the main "home" page for the Indigo Children and it complements the book that I mentioned earlier. It's a really great site to first start learning about Indigo's. It's actually the first site I saw regarding the Indigo Children when my brother referred it to me some years back. There are links to schools all around the country that are progressive and specialize in helping children learn, grow, and stimulate their mind to the fullest potential. I will be using these links to research different schools. I actually found one that is right near my hometown, which is something I'll keep in mind when my nephew and soon-to-be niece are getting ready for schooling.