Heather's mother is certain that her teenage daughter has psychic powers and can heal the sick. Heather is now part of a global movement of spiritual youngsters who are heralded by their mothers as future world-saviours and spiritual healers – the Indigo Children.

Oliver's mother is not sure if her eight-year old son's ability to see the dead is real or merely the product of an over-active imagination.  Oliver has a medical diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder but psychics and healers have dubbed him as a misunderstood Indigo Child.  Do Oliver's concentration problems stem from psychic disturbance?  His mother opts for a middle ground and tries the alternative technique of "neruofeedback" to help Oliver's symptoms – whatever the cause of them.

Whether Heather and Oliver really have supernatural powers, or not, is a moot point.  What you believe about their capabilities depends on your own worldview. However, Heather, Oliver and all the Indigo Children are just the latest in a long and august line of children with 'special powers'.

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