I couldn't agree with you more! I lived in Santa Cruz, CA for a long time and had to deal with many parents (and young adults) with this notion of either being indigo, or having an indigo child, and more often than not it was treated as an excuse for them to act self-centered and spoiled... seeing as they were so "special".
Its great to encourage creativity and intuitiveness but its also great to teach your kids no one is better than anyone else, which is how many of those kids are treated and brought up to believe about themselves.
I was first introduced to the concept of the "Indigo Child" by a close friend of mine who was using it as inspiration for a character in a story that she was writing. I did some work with her in that regard, researching a bit and helping to develop the problems and attitudes of other characters who were to interact and who potentially might not have understood this "Indigo." The process was absolutely fascinating, and what I found out through the minimal bit of research that I did was enchanting, but in the end I have to wholeheartedly disagree with the entire concept
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No child is born without these gifts, and no adult lacks the ability to draw them out and develop them. Yes. This.
I heard a lot of this sort of "wow, how do you know that?!" when I was doing massage professionally. To which I usually responded, "I've learnt to listen; anybody can. Here's how you can listen, too. Comes in handy sometimes..."
Also a wholehearted yes, this to the thought that assuming giftedness leads to laziness/assuming lack of gift leads to helplessness. I've been on both sides of that and know it for true. For what it's worth, breaking those habits is tough; they're deep-rooted.
I don't believe any gift is 'more' or 'less' then any other. I'm aware however, that most people around me are not gifted in the same way because for one reason or another, most have rejected and suppressed whatever gift they have
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Its great to encourage creativity and intuitiveness but its also great to teach your kids no one is better than anyone else, which is how many of those kids are treated and brought up to believe about themselves.
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Yes. This.
I heard a lot of this sort of "wow, how do you know that?!" when I was doing massage professionally. To which I usually responded, "I've learnt to listen; anybody can. Here's how you can listen, too. Comes in handy sometimes..."
Also a wholehearted yes, this to the thought that assuming giftedness leads to laziness/assuming lack of gift leads to helplessness. I've been on both sides of that and know it for true. For what it's worth, breaking those habits is tough; they're deep-rooted.
Yah post. <3
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Yes! This, exactly.
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