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Young and Psychic | X-ray Eyes | A Long Tradition | Poor Visionaries | The Cottingley Fairies | Adolescent Powers | Find Out More
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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