Indigo children
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Indigo children, according to a pseudoscientific New Age concept, are children who are believed to possess special, unusual, and sometimes supernatural traits or abilities. Such children are believed to be a next stage in human evolution; to have paranormal abilities like telepathy; and/or to be more empathic, independent, and creative than its peers.
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Etymology
Coined in the 1970s by Nancy Ann Tappe, a synesthete who claimed to perceive most children under 10 with an indigo aura.
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