Indigo Children; aka Crystal Children or Star Children
For this assignment I chose a pseudoscientific New Age concept where some children; Indigo Children, are believed to have “special abilities”. The concept was based and developed by Nancy Ann Tappe in the 70s and furthered by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober, a husband-wife team, who wrote a book title: The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, in 1998 . These abilities vary from ESP (paranormal abilities) to simply being more sensitive or more confident. The psychobabble is rampant in the theme of this book as well as in lectures, conferences films, and documentaries on the subject. Some supporters go so far as to say that