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Are Indigo Children Gifted Or Afflicted?

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By Shirley Shin, M.A., Broadcast Journalism, 2007
Lindsay Watts, M.A., Broadcast Journalism, 2007
and Rocio Zamora, M.A., Print Journalism, 2007

Online Journalism: Followers of the Indigo Children movement, which started in the 1970s, say a new generation of highly sensitive and spiritually gifted kids are here to save the world. They claim many of these kids are exceptionally smart, self-motivated and sometimes able to read minds. But some doctors say these so-called Indigo Children exhibit characteristics of bipolar and attention deficit disorders. Shin, Watts and Zamora have the story, complete with photos and video interviews.

Shin also produced a radio report profiling the Wertz family and supporters and detractors of the Indigo Children movement.




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