By Mary M. Ernsberger
ADHD – INDIGO – EXCEPTIONAL – OR SOMETHING ELSE?
By Mary M. Ernsberger
During the 1950’s, a large number of children were born into this world in response to the prayers of a generation of war torn individuals searching for peace. Welcome Lightworkers – many of you know who you are – many of you are just beginning to discover your true path. But for all of us – one thing is clear. We are here to assist the generations following ours with the enormous task of ushering in a time of peace. The 1960’s gave birth to the Flower child. Remember the slogan – “Make Love Not War”? Unfortunately, the world wasn’t ready for peace. The 1970’s got lost in disco in response to the “flower children” going corporate. Materialism took over – everyone had to have what the “Jones” had. For the most part, gone was the time when one parent could earn enough money to support the family. Both parents had to work outside the home and “latch-key” kids were born. The job of raising ’s children fell on the school system. Classroom crowding and creative program cutting became common place. Teachers were searching for ways to keep it all together. Hello – ADHD! This diagnosis made it OK to sedate growing numbers of children so teachers could feed in the mounds of data necessary for children to pass the “standardized testing” which allows school districts to receive the funding they need. Just about everyone has heard or seen the guidelines used to diagnose this disorder. Recent studies, however, indicate an alarming coordination between children diagnosed as ADHD and those that are truly gifted/exceptional. The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children has listed the following characteristics to help parents and educators identify “potentially gifted” children:
• Highly sensitive and often emotional
• Has excessive amounts of energy
• Bores easily – may appear to have short attention span
• Resists authority if it’s not democratically oriented
• Becomes easily frustrated
• Learns from an exploratory level – often resisting rote memory or just sitting back and listening
• Cannot sit still unless absorbed in something of their own interest
• Is very compassionate – may fear the death or loss of loved ones
• May give up and develop permanent learning blocks
The foundation also stated that many gifted children tend to withdraw and may even sacrifice their individual creativity in an attempt to “fit in.” Welcome Indigo children. These are the children born in the 1980’s to the mid-1990’s. Following the Indigo’s, we have Crystal (mid-1990’s to early 2000’s) and Rainbow children (those who began incarnating in the last year). Do you notice any alarming “coincidences” between the behavior patterns of ADHD and gifted – Indigo - children? What happens when a child can’t sit still in his seat, or likes to tap his fingers or pencil on the desktop, or can’t get his work turned in on time, if he finishes it at all? What happens when a child “dances to the beat of a different drummer?” Maybe your child just doesn’t learn and relate to the world the same way “everyone else does.” Doreen Virtue, PhD., recently asked, “What if ADHD actually stood for – Attention Dialed into a Higher Dimension? Has anyone bothered to ask? Have you asked your child – and then listened – really listened to what they have to say? Because if you have, you have found that children are full of wonderful, bright, innovative thoughts and ideas and most of them aren’t afraid to tell you so! These children know that they are here for a higher purpose. They resist being forced to “learn” things that they instinctively know they will not need to fulfill that purpose. Remember the Lightworkers we started with? Now is the time for all of us to step up to the plate. A new age has dawned. Can you see the light?