This is Part 2 of the series on “Indigo Children”. In Part 1, I explain what Indigo children are and how they came about. If you haven’t read that post, I highly suggest you do so first. Otherwise, you might get a bit confused. Here’s a test: There’s no such thing as Indigo children. True or False? If you said false, you’re clearly confused. See? I did warn you. For the rest of you who actually did your homework, and providing you’re willing to listen to parenting advice from someone who has no kids (but who does understand the energy behind all this), let me present Part deux: Tadaaaaaaaa!

Parenting and education need to change

Today’s kids need to be parented and educated differently. Of course, that statement would have been just as relevant 50 or 100 years ago. Every generation needed to be parented and educated a little differently than the last. But again, the gap is getting wider, so the differences are getting more glaring. And because not all children have the same vibration, some children (these would be the “Indigo Children”) will demand those changes a little more fervently than others.

Chances are very good that if you’re the parent of an “indigo child”, nothing I’m about to say will surprise you. You’ll have figured it all out already, and you’ll be nodding your head while you read.  That’s because you don’t just get assigned a child in some big, random lottery. You and your child are a perfect vibrational match to each other. That means, that you are the perfect parent for that child (just as your parents were perfect for you), and you’re both a match to what you and your child each intended before you even got here. Even though you may not always know what to do, you have the ability to figure it out and your child will teach you. Some lessons are easier to learn than others, but it’ll take a lot to make your kid give up (a lot more than it took for you to give up). This is why every generation of parents will treat their kids just a little differently than the one before. You’re probably a little more lenient than your parents were. A little more respectful. A little more understanding. A little more open to trying new things. You are parenting in a higher vibration than your parents did.

But while parents are usually more willing to adjust their style, the educational system is lagging woefully behind. The current system is based on an antiquated paradigm, born out of an old, now completely obsolete vibration, and it simply no longer works. The idea that children must be trained, controlled and formed into predetermined shapes, was great for the industrial age, but it just no longer applies. Today’s kids are demanding to be treated differently, and while you can certainly shut that down for a time with medication, it will not last. When the majority of the kids in the classroom have to be medicated in order to fit the system, isn’t it better to change the freaking system?

But enough with the theory. Let’s get into the nitty-gritty, shall we? How do you actually deal with these kids today?

They all have attention deficit

So did you before it was trained out of you. A lot of today’s kids don’t have an attention deficit disorder. They are simply unwilling to focus on something they don’t give a crap about. Where older generations were willing to be trained into memorizing seemingly useless facts to please their parents and teachers, these kids aren’t willing to learn or even pay attention to anything that isn’t relevant to them. “Why do I have to learn this?” can’t be answered with “Because I said so”, or “Because it’ll be relevant someday”. It has to be relevant NOW. It has to make sense NOW. And think about it: Don’t you also learn best when you truly care about the subject? No kid wants to study physics, learn formulas and equations. But if that same kid wants to build a skateboard ramp, he will learn the physics he needs in order to do that easily. Whenever I speak with a parent whose child has been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, I always ask them if their child has the ability to focus if it cares about something. And the answer so far has always been “Yes, of course! And how! You can’t get him off the subject.” There you go. Everyone has attention deficit. These little bastards are just a lot more stubborn about it. Good for them.

[Note: There are a small number of kids who actually do have an inability to focus and medication can be useful for them, but they are BY FAR in the minority.]

They demand a real explanation that makes sense

When a child today asks “Why”, you can’t just fob them off with some wishy-washy answer. You need to explain things to them, and that explanation had better make sense. Kids have always been curious, of course, but these kids dissect everything until they really get it. I know this phenomenon well, I was the same way and it nearly killed my teachers. The problem is that it forces you, the adult, to actually think about your rules. When you set a bed time, you’d better have a good reason for why you picked that time. And the fact that it was your bedtime when you were that age isn’t good enough. But if you explain to the child that they have to go to bed at that time to get enough sleep, and then point out how tired they are when the bedtime was missed (proof!), they will have an easier time wrapping their heads around it. Of course, if your child doesn’t actually need 9 hours of sleep and feels just fine with 7, you’ll most likely be fighting a losing battle. Again, it has to make sense.

They demand R-E-S-P-E-C-T

I’ve heard parents say things like, “I don’t owe my child an explanation” or “I don’t have to justify my decisions. I’m the parent.” Yeah… that’s not going to fly anymore. Think about it. How do you feel when your boss says something like that to you? Even if you disagree with a decision, you can accept it much more easily if the thought process behind it makes sense to you. Kids today will REBEL against what they perceive to be injustice. And because they understand their own power so much more than any generation before them, they will not accept being treated as lesser members of society or the family. Yes, they are children and no, they don’t know everything. You don’t have to turn your home into a democracy. You can still be the parent, just as your boss at work is still your boss. But that doesn’t mean that you have to treat children as the proletariat, or like little idiots. These kids have a need to understand things, how everything works, and how you think. Why do you make the decisions you make? What is your thought process? And, as stated before, that thought process had better make sense.  Again, this forces adults to actually think about why they do things, instead of continuing to function on auto pilot. If you find yourself getting angry at a child for challenging your decision, it may well be a sign that this decision doesn’t make any sense to you, either. Instead of insisting that the kid blindly yield to your authority, reevaluate and figure out what really makes sense to you. You’ll then have a much easier time explaining it to the child.

They demand to be recognized as individuals

The children of today remember Who They Really Are more fully than any generation before them. And they will make it harder for anyone to squash that individuality. They know that they have a right to their own opinion and the thoughts of adults are not worth more, simply because they are adults. The key here is that two people can have differing opinions, and yet neither of them has to be wrong. It’s entirely possible to allow the other person the right to their point of view, and even consider it valid, without taking on that point of view. I wrote about this extensively in the post You’re Right! And So Are They. Now, of course adults have a much larger perspective, and so will generally have a great deal more knowledge than children do. It’s not so much about acknowledging that your kids are right, as it is about recognizing that their opinion, from their point of view is valid. They will have come to their conclusions based on observations and will defend them with as much vigor as you will. If you dismiss the opinion of a kid today, you’re bound to get quite an ugly reaction. It’s better to discuss the issue with them and introduce new evidence, allowing them to come to a new conclusion, rather than simply declaring them to be wrong.

They are more intuitive than any generation before them

All kids are born with the ability to perceive non-physical energy. A newborn will read its mother’s energy without being able to understand her spoken works. Some adapt to the lower vibration they’re born into much faster, and some hold on to their abilities into toddlerhood and beyond. This has always been the case. But because of the higher vibration of this time, kids are losing those abilities more slowly or not at all. And whereas past generations would shut down their abilities in order to conform to their parents’ and society’s wishes and rules, kids today are much less likely to do so. So, you may have been able to see “ghosts” (your translation of energy) as a child, but when told by your parents to stop imagining things that weren’t there, you turned off your ability to perceive that frequency. Your child, if put in the same situation, is more likely to continue to perceive that energy, but will simply stop telling you about it.

When you read about the “Superpowers” of Indigo children, this is basically what’s being referred to. Children don’t have abilities that adults don’t. We all have the ability to perceive non-physical energy. Most adults have simply forgotten how to consciously do that. But while most adults no longer actually “see” or “hear” non-physical energy, that doesn’t mean they’re no longer translating those frequencies. When you get a gut feeling about someone, you’re reading their energy. When you get an ominous feeling, you’re reading energy. Your intuition is you, using your ability to read non-physical energy. Don’t kid yourself. You have superpowers, too.

The best thing you can do is to validate your child’s intuitive hits (and honor your own while you’re at it.) If your nephew hates your new boyfriend, you may want to evaluate if you’ve been dismissing some doubts about him as illogical. If your child is afraid to go into a building, don’t dismiss their reaction as irrational. Check it out (or leave). Your child has a much easier time reading this energy than you do. What they’re still learning is how to interpret the information. For example, they may get an uncomfortable feeling around an adult. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that his adult has evil intentions. They could also be picking up on the fact that this adult is in the midst of an ugly divorce and is therefore currently in a really dark place. Teach your child to interpret this information by being open to it yourself and looking for real world validation. In doing so, you’ll regain your own ability to discern non-physical energy, making your own intuition stronger and more accurate.

These kids are powerful teachers

While I debunked the idea that today’s kids are here to save the world in Part 1 of this series, I do believe that they are here to teach us – just as every generation of children has taught their parents. Because of the faster moving energy, however, those lessons are getting bigger. Because control issues are still so prevalent in this time (we’re all basically control freaks), many of today’s children are teaching their parents that there are some things that cannot be controlled. According to Abraham-Hicks, this is the reason that so many children are choosing to be born with autism, a theory that resonates with me. Autistic children will find their connection, and will stubbornly hold to it no matter what the parents do. They are powerful teachers. I’ve had many conversations with parents of autistic kids and they’ve all confirmed that their kids have made them happier, more relaxed, less controlling people. They have changed their parents in positive ways, even if those lessons were hard won.

If you’re a parent of one of these new kids (basically, if you’re a parent), and you’ve been worrying that you’re somehow going to mess them up, that your ineptitude will squash their incredible potential and keep them from shining their bright light all over the world, stop it. Your kids are a lot more powerful than you’re giving them credit for, and they know it. You’re the one who may need reminding. You can’t mess them up. If you’re reading blog posts like this, you care way too much to do any real damage. Your kids chose you and you chose them. You are the perfect guide for them and they will teach you how to parent them. Use your intuition and you’ll know when to push and when to let go. You don’t need me to explain your kids to you. All you really ever need is for someone to tell you every once in a while that you’re doing ok, and to remind you of what you already know: these kids are different. But then, so you are you. How perfect is that?