Indigo Children

I am the mother of three children, the youngest of which is an Indigo child. Although all our children are wonderful gifts, our youngest has taught us the most.

From a toddler he was different, with his huge all-knowing eyes. He had a sense of knowing as if he could see right through you. There was no fooling him. He didn't like nursery school and had to be led in screaming and crying, only to be fine, as soon as I was out of sight.

He didn't settle at infant school either, so we changed schools. In general, teachers misunderstood him. Yet he is an exceptionally gifted child who was mistakenly thought to be learning disabled. We had him assessed by a dyslexic consultant, who explained that although he could read and write, certain words without a physical picture e.g. it; at; of; caused him to lose track of the sense of what he was reading. Luckily an angel of a teacher taught him during Years 4 and 6 and things settled down, although he didn't find it easy to make friends and refused to go to birthday parties.

He knew he was different. (Indigos seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind, if there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward). Senior school was more of a challenge, which led to him nearly being permanently excluded.

He is now nineteen years old and is rather different from his older brother and sister in respect that he's more difficult, leaving us at times totally exasperated. School had been an enormous challenge in his life as the British state school system did not meet his needs.

When he hated going to school and kept saying he wished he was dead at an early age, people suggested he should see a psychiatrist but I just knew this was not the answer. Sitting in a development circle, helped and Spirit kept saying he was special.

As a mother and a healer I wished to understand why he was special and find out why he acted in certain ways, which led me to discover facts about Indigo children. This included the books the Indigo Children and an Indigo Celebration by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober.

Finally I understood who Michael is and told our son how special Indigos are, but not in respect of being abnormal or an excuse to get away with wayward behaviour. Thankfully his school put a support system in place and a wonderful mentor watched over him. He managed to control his difficulties with authority (Indigos are fearless as they know who they are and will resist authority if it's not democratically oriented), outspoken traits (they believe in themselves) and boredom threshold (as he has a short attention span and often sees better ways of doing things).

Indigos learn from an exploratory level, resisting rote memory or just being a listener). He does tend to swagger around as if he's royalty - but that's part of who he is - an Indigo, an active advocate of educational reform. I sought for a book specifically aimed at Indigo children themselves. There wasn’t one, so I felt compelled to write a book to all Indigo children everywhere.

In the book "Re-member" by Steve Rother & the Group, it states "They came in as system busters and they came in to rearrange your paradigms for you. It is a difficult process. To make it safe for them, to let them know that it is normal for them to know who they are, is one of the greatest gifts you can give mankind as a whole."

The recent program "Unteachables" showed how the Indigos do not fit into the mainstream school system and how it must shift and adapt. The "one size fits all" system is not working for these children. I am delighted to say that I Am Indigo is now available from www.trafford.com or www.amazon.com or any bookshop. The content will explain to the Indigo children who they are and why they are here. They have unique gifts and need to build confidence and self esteem. The book is about self discovery, a self-help book, which will reach the masses.

Neale Donald Walsch, the author of the Conversation with God books, is also an actor starring in a new film now out on DVD called "Indigo".