Indigo Children

Posted by Vicki on 08.02.06

Historically single mothers were frowned upon by society and were deemed to be unclean and incapable as parents. The demise of the nuclear family has meant that single parent households are no longer uncommon so the judgemental eye of the media has descended upon teenage single mothers.

It is undeniable that many single teenage mother's do a very good job of raising their child or in many cases children to be exceedingly bright and polite children who achieve a lot with their lives, even Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie have opted to be single mothers (at least until they've charmed someone else's husband away) and have set high standards - or at least made ethnic babies the newest must have accessory after miniature dogs that fit into a handbag.

However, there are those people for whom children are nothing more than an unfortunate accident after which they lacked the support mechanisms of a steady family and level-headed advice. Such cases should be treated with compassion and gentle guidance where possible - or so I thought until I found the 'amipregnant' (am I pregnant?) livejournal community. The idea behind the community (to provide helpful and straight forward advice) is a commendable one, but the fact this idea has developed into a sounding board for people to worry - often needlessly - that they might be knocked up without actually taking a test to find out for sure makes a mockery of it. This hasn't stopped the community gaining 1610 members last time I looked.

The fact in the blurb is reminds users that "If you are experiencing extreme pain and/or heavy unexplained bleeding, do not post - go to the emergency room or call 911 immediately" does rather scream this is aimed at the lower end of the intellectual scale. Also an interesting point to note is there are a number of questions that you "must" answer in order to have your post approved and thus made visible, one of these is "Where did ejaculation occur (in vagina, in condom, outside body, etc.)?" It is somewhat concerning enough as to the level of sex education has plummeted to the levels where Lubbock appears to have all the facts - a fact nicely encapsulated by a post made by someone with the username Eluminate: "Where did ejaculation occur (in vagina, in condom, outside body, etc.)? He said he *thinks* he came inside me."

In the spirit of education and helpful suggestion I tried to enter into the community, however was rejected based almost purely due to my answer to the question "Do you want to be pregnant?" as apparently providing the world with more slave labour isn't in keeping with the community's aims.

But never fear; if it transpires you are pregnant as the community failed to aid you by sheer willpower and you left it far too late to consider any other potion and your child turned out to be sent from hell, you can always claim your child is one of the "Indigo Children" who are destined to save humankind. According to Nancy Ann Tappe - who classified people's personalities according to the hue of their auras in exchange for large sums of money - as well as those that came after her, Indigo Children will bring with them a new understanding of life. Or, to translate that into psychobabble, "Many of the Indigo Children will be teachers. Teachers of many and varied subjects, to teach of the things to come, to help others reach the place that all mankind will one day reach. In their own varied ways they will teach of love, of harmony, of balance, of beauty, those things that need to be learned and understood."

Normally such statements would be largely rejected and pushed onto the fringes of society, however in the backlash against the alleged overuse of Ritalin and the general pumping children full of sedatives the idea of your child being special is far preferable to being told your child has something wrong in a big way. The myth states that the Indigo Child is recognizable by his or her aura and by certain other traits such as:

• They come into the world with a feeling of royalty (and often act like it)
• They have a feeling of "deserving to be here," and are surprised when others don't share that.
• Self-worth is not a big issue. They often tell the parents "who they are."
• They have difficulty with absolute authority (authority without explanation or choice).
• They simply will not do certain things; for example, waiting in line is difficult for them.
• They get frustrated with systems that are ritually oriented and don't require creative thought.
• They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (nonconforming to any system).
• They seem antisocial unless they are with their own kind. If there are no others of like consciousness around them, they often turn inward, feeling like no other human understands them. School is often extremely difficult for them socially.
• They will not respond to "guilt" discipline ("Wait till your father gets home and finds out what you did").
• They are not shy in letting you know what they need.

So basically the child is either a brat or is socially stunted, either due to autism or a similar condition. Both are unfortunate and highly stressful to the parent(s) but not a suitable excuse for allowing your child to run amok. Nor does the prescribed eating lots of Blue Green Algae at great expense (available from all good hippy shops that view screaming children wreaking their store as free expression) seem a perfect fix.

There's nothing wrong with being accountable for your own actions whatever they are and blindly claiming to be from a higher plain of existence rarely solves anything - just look at the quality of Tom Cruise's film, and telling people you are a high being without having a nemesis or a humanoid-lizard to vanquish proves nothing.