January 24, 2006

The Indigo Girls

Edu-queen Joanne Jacobs posts on a vaguely scientology-like theory about so-called Indigo Children, who apparently are here to save the world from war and pollution.

The idea that some children have an indigo aura and supernatural talents started in 1982 and was popularized by Indigo Children by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober. The Contra Costa Times reports:

Carroll and Tober define Indigos as "restless, fearless" individuals who "believe in themselves ... have difficulty with absolute authority," and "often see better ways of doing things, at home and in school." They are in every country, on every continent, the authors say, and only a clairvoyant can see their auras.

Carroll and Tober recommend that Indigo children attend private schools that focus on individual needs, such as Montessori or Waldorf schools.

"Often see better ways of doing things, at home and in school." Hmmmm. Sounds an awful lot like the Llama-ettes to me, although I would have used the expression "pig-headed".

Fortunately, all three of them do attend school at St. Marie of the Blessed Educational Method, so if in the future they really do use their purple auras, or whatever, to save the planet from itself, you can thank me.

On the other hand, they seem to fail the Is Your Child Indigo test rather badly, so maybe they really are just full of themselves.

Posted by Robert at January 24, 2006 04:58 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Hmm...It says I am an Indigo, or whatever. That may just have to do with me being a teenager, though, and one libertarian-ish minded at that. Or maybe I can sense auras and such, since we all know every kid LOOOVES absolute authority.

I am SOO confused.

Posted by: TheRoyalFamily at January 24, 2006 10:12 PM

Why am I reminded of the movie A Mighty Wind?

Posted by: Brian B at January 25, 2006 02:06 PM

(Read both the Laurie AND Terry Bohner quotes)

Posted by: Brian B at January 25, 2006 02:09 PM

Interesting. According to the test, my oldest "child" (now 25) is an Indigo, just barely. He missed out on the seeing auras and detecting dishonesty and such but more than made up for it in the "difficulty with absolute authority" area. Hmmmm... I guess I might be sort of borderline Indigo myself.

(Your filter says that my blog's URL is "questionable content". What the....!?)

Posted by: Lynn S at January 26, 2006 10:26 AM

And what color are the self-absorbed baby boomers who came up with this crap?

Posted by: beloml at January 26, 2006 11:38 AM