The Indigo Characteristics

Carroll and Tober identify ten attributes that they assert describe Indigo children:

• 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 do not 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 do not require creative thought.
• They often see better ways of doing things, both at home and in school, which makes them seem like "system busters" (non-conforming 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 it be known what they need.

In her article,  Wendy H. Chapman (enlightenment teacher at and Director of Metagifted Education Resource Organization says that Indigo children will also display many of the following:

• Have strong self esteem, connection to source
• Have an obvious sense of self
• Refuse to follow orders or directions
• Get bored rather easily with assigned tasks
• Are rather creative
• Display strong intuition
• Have either strong or no empathy for others
• Develop abstract thinking very young
• Are gifted and/or talented, highly intelligent
• Are often identified or suspected of having ADHD
• Are frequent daydreamers
• Have very old, deep, wise looking eyes

Indigo abilities

Many discussions of Indigo children in New Age literature (including Kryon literature) claim that Indigo children are born with part of their DNA activated that most people do not have activated. Some claim that it is junk DNA that they utilize to "swap out" higher-dimensional information, giving them special abilities.

These abilities are said to include purging HIV, advanced genius and psychic/telekinetic powers speaking to the dead. Further claimed abilities include:

• Highly intelligent.
• Often very creative.
• Developmentally advanced in reading walking, talking, etc.
• Psychic/intuitive abilities.
• Multi-dimensionally awareness; they perceive a broader range of reality.
• Telepathic abilities.
• They sense and feel energies from people or other living things (aura reading).
• Telekinesis, etc. Moving objects with their mind energy and thought.
• Awareness of scientific, historical, anthropological and spiritual knowledge not consciously learnt. Sometimes called 'knowledge bombs'.
• Awareness of past lives.
• Extremely empathic to all creatures, not just humans but animals and plants.
• They can communicate with the unseen world, spirits and angels.
• Multi-dimensional healing abilities.
• Manifest unusual artwork, languages and scripts.
• Dual consciousness; feeling part human and part extraterrestrial.
• Have a sense of mission or higher purpose.