Current Obsession: Indigo Children

I was listening to the podcast of NPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge yesterday during my commute, and they did a segment on Indigo Children (click the link above to listen). I've been obsessed with the hilarious concept of Indigo Children ever since I first read about them in the fashion and style section of the New York Times in January (a must-read.) Basically, the idea behind Indigo Children is this:

"My child isn't obnoxious, self-absorbed, unmannerly and unlikeable because I've raised him or her with zero discipline, given him or her a trophy for just showing up and allowed him or her to run ramshod over his parents and everyone else s/he encounters rather than damage his or her precious self esteem...no...s/he's obnoxious, self-absorbed, unmannerly and unlikeable because s/he's here to save the world!"

If anything you've ever read, seen or heard about parenting in this day and age is like a big huge Post-it note the size of a Times Square billboard reminding you to refill your Nuvaring prescription, I think you'll find the concept of Indigo children to be the most "of course, now, here, at this precise time and place in the entire history of the world...of course" thing ever. We who are either child-free or in the minority of people who are raising children rationally no longer lack for a one-stop-shop shorthand for the anxiety and ennui we face when we think about what the world will be like when these little tyrants come of age and start being in charge of shit. It's now all wrapped up in one iconic, easy-to-remember-because-it-has-a-color-in-it brand: The Indigo Child.

Anyways, that was my little rant.

I thought it would be funny to make tee shirts ridiculing the Indigo Child "phenomenon" but apparently they're already out there.

Suggestions:
"Indigo means Annoying"
"My honor student beat up your Indigo Child."
"Please Curb Your Indigo Child"
"Indigo F**k Yourself" (okay that's just mean. and absurd.)

I found this interview with an Indigo Child expert who is helping the people of Europe understand their little messengers from the Universe. This part was funny:

SB: How do you explain the truth to the German mothers of Indigos?

CH: This is a problem. In America you can talk of a ''new race'' of children, but you can't do that in Germany. If I'm working with groups in other countries I can speak about this, but in a group of average mothers in Germany you can't talk about that.

SB: Is that because of Hitler?

CH: Yes, that's why.

Comments

[freak.]

Dear, Mrs. Robertson :)

I have just finished reading your article, of which is very well writtin....I have just one problem with it.You see, I am an indigo child. Go ahead, laugh.
When I was three years old, I began to tell my mother about my past lives and about my true home. I told her about the colors that i can see around people ( auras).....i can understand your scrutiny about this topic, but don't you think that this might be going a little tooo far?
I believe in pretty much everything that christians do, except for some differences. 1. no hell. You plan your whole life when you are still in the temple of records.( mother, father, lesson to be learned)2. recarnation.3. spirits come to visit us all of the time!
now. I am not writing this to be rude, but I actually am an honor roll student.
:) Please enjoy every little thing in your life, someday you will look back and think about how selfish the world used to be. This is why we are here. to fix what has gone wrong.

Love and Light, =)
another'freak'Q_Q
,12 y/o

[Andi Loveall]

This is absolutely ridiculous. I am an indigo and was not like that as a child. My parents never even knew what was going on with me and they did not try and label me as "special". You know nothing about what it means to be indigo and I find it terribly sad you are so full of hate that you would ridicule something you have no clue about. If you would like to speak to a real indigo (not a CHILD either. I am 26 years old) feel free to contact me.