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Summary: Raising Indigo Children
Review: The authors Lee Carroll and Jan Tober attempt to prove that children diagnosed with ADD may actually be indigo children who will transform society into a new age of peace and love, from what I gather. Some examples of children being indigo children made them seem like typical kids: one didn't want to read Mark Twain for school because he wasn't interested; another didn't want to study history because the present was all that mattered to him. The authors want to revamp the schools to accommodate indigo children. I thought the authors could have spent more time on explaining what indigos are, what their characteristics are, and what their purpose is. I thought they should have spent more time explaining their color theory of people having different colored auras and how these auras affect what type of person they are and what their purpose is. Although the book has a lot of contributors with all kinds of professional credentials, I thought the content was fluffy at times and the reading level and the sophistication of the content lower than it should have been in order for it to be an in-depth study of indigos. The book is geared toward the parents of ADD "indigo" children and gives advice on how to raise them, mainly saying that one should treat them with same respect as you would give an adult and explain your reasons for having the children do certain things. Some of the suggestions I thought were to complicated and idealistic to be useful. When there is serious discipline problem with a child and you're being tested and rebelled against, most likely you're going to fight fire with fire, not be some sort of wise, angelic, calm being who gently persuades the child to conform to your wishes. I thought some of the references for new age healing and alternative schools were interesting and of some value. Some of the personal testimony from indigos on being indigo was a highlight also. --But who knows? These special indigo children may just be typical kids behaving badly worsened by the fact that parents may not be parenting as attentively as they used to do in the past with both of them working full time and putting their kids in the care of strangers in day care centers. Maybe as time passes and this phenomenon proves to be real, someone will write a definitive, in-depth, classic work on indigos. I think it may be too early to do that at this time.
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Summary: Eye-opener for parents, educators, health practitioners
Review: This book was a fascinating eye-opener for me. I read it cover-to-cover in one sitting, finding myself drawn from one chapter to the next. Parents of "problem children" will find an exciting hope and insight in these pages. Savvy educators will be elated, challenged, and stimulated to teach differently. Therapists, doctors, and social workers will gain new windows through which to view their clients, with a host of new solutions. Employers: Indigo children are growing up and will soon move into the workplace. For wise, sensitive, individually-focused employers, these employees will be a special treasure. For others, they will be a mystery...and will soon be gone. Carroll and Tober, who kept hearing about Indigo children in their work as self-help counselors and lecturers, knew nothing about the topic. They felt that a book needed to be written, so they wove their ignorance, amazement, curiosity, and receptivity into a delightful journey. From the very beginning of the book, they wove in presentations by a wide range of experts to tell the story. Reading this volume is like being in the audience at a seminar where a panel of experts is delivering knowledge, perspective, and experience just for you. What is an Indigo Child? Definition: "one who displays a new and unusual set of psychological attributes and shows a pattern of behavior generally undocumented before." Common traits include coming into the world with a feeling of royalty, having a feeling of "deserving to be here," a high level of self-worth, difficulty with absolute authority, a reluctance to do certain things, frustration with routine that doesn't require creative thought, searching for better ways to do things-not conforming to the "system," antisocial (especially in school), lack of response to guilt discipline, and open in declaring what they need. The color aspect of the name came from the work of Nancy Ann Tappe, quoted effectively in the book. The first chapter, appropriately, defines and explains the Indigo Child. Chapter Two delivers solutions: What Can You Do? Surprise-no build-up to bestow solutions at the end of the manuscript; it's right up front. Chapter three explores the spiritual aspects of the Indigos, a fascinating perspective even for those of us who consciously resist "woo-woo." Health issues are discussed in chapter four, revealing the challenges of mis-diagnoses by physicians who are focused on symptoms without understanding causes. The book closes with messages from several Indigos who have grown out of their childhood and can relate to their experience from their perspective as adults. The book is filled with references for further reading and learning. Carroll and Tober have given us a springboard to understanding.
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Summary: Must read
Review: This is a must read for anyone who has children that might be getting in trouble academically, or in some other ways It is a clarion call for a type of school reform that has long been overdue, and it explains why the schools are having so much more trouble these days than they used to.
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Summary: I Never Swallow Anything Whole
Review: This book has reviewed for me the precious nature of all children and opened my mind the possibilities for the future. I am a deeply committed Christian so the New age references take me out of my realm but on the whole I do find the suggestions, stories, and evidence to be most worthy of consideration. Ultimately, I believe all children can benefit from the nurturing techniques included in this book and think everyone who is involved with our young could do well to read this volume.
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Summary: I could have used this 30 years ago!
Review: Where was this book when my boys were young?For most of their school years they were miserable. Fortunately I didn't give in to the medication theory. Who wants zombie children. We toughed it out together, and so far so good. This book is a blessing though, because my grandchildren are just like dad. Now we have the information we need to make things less difficult for them. If your little ones have been diagnosed with ADD read this book before you give them ritalin - they probably don't really need it.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: As an ADDult myself and a person who works with children I found this book to be very enlightening. However, this book is not for close-minded people. Some of the concepts and idea may seem a bit off the wall to some. I think those of us who spend time around ADDults or children with ADD know there is something different about them. This book looks at the differences as something postive instead of just dismissing it as a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is a very well written book with some great ideas and useful suggestions.
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Summary: Interesting Concept
Review: As an adult with ADD and a person who works with ADD children I found this book to be very interesting. The concept that people with ADD like behaviors are more evolved is something I too have thought of before. This book is very well written and has some very good points.
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Summary: Thought provoking and a blessing
Review: This book is well researched. It is a guide to celebrating and understanding your awesome child. It encourages parenting with love and respect while listing helpful resources. I found it very helpful and would highly recommend it...
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Summary: Good practical stuff here (take or leave the theory part)
Review: I liked this book a lot. I don't necessarily feel that children with the qualities described in this book are new... BUT I do feel that there are a LOT more of them today! I would recommend this book to any parent that wants some practical good ideas on how to care for the young and for anyone that is involved in teaching and working with children in general. There are some specific attitudinal shifts suggested, how to relate, vitamins and minerals etc. It also has some theories on why there seams to be more "sensitive" kids these days, which needs a pretty open mind to accept and you can take or leave, (I mostly accept) but everything else in the book on practical application is wonderful and good all by itself. The best way to help the planet has always been the proper nurturing of the next generation that's going to use it.
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Summary: provoking discussion
Review: `Indigo children', `star children'or special children - call them what you will - are a hot topic in education circles at the moment. You can often hear from people who have been teaching children for years that the approaches that were successful years ago don't necessarily work with today's children. It seems that not all of these changes can be reduced to the influence of our much-changed society. Lee Carroll and Jan Tober have recognised the phenomenon of the `new children' and have cleverly welded together a collection of articles from many contributors.
There are 5 main chapters:
1) What Is an Indigo Child?
2) What Can You Do?
3) Spiritual Aspects of Indigos
4) Health Issues
5) Messages from Indigos Chapter 1 offers some charateristics of Indigo children and an explanation of the origin of the name.
Chapter 2 offers advice on the inner attitude for parenting, guidelines for creative discipline, includes a brief mention of alternative schools and non-competitive games.
The authors recommend you skip chapter 3 if you are àt all offended by New Age metaphysics or spiritual talk in general'.
Chapter 4 warns you of the dangers of ritalin. It gives some information on nutrition and some alternative therapies that have proved helpful to some indigo children. If you are looking specifically for practical help with a child diagnosed as ADHD this book is probably not your best starting point.
If, however, you are looking for a paradigm change, want to learn about `the new kids' or are just curious to know what all the fuss is about, then you might well want to read this book.
This book is just the beginning. I think we will see a mushrooming of literature on `the new children`.
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