Second chance ?

I had a chance to watch Amos Yee's video before it was taken off the internet. Minus the profanities, rudeness, defiance and nonsense, I can also spot passion, conviction and brightness in this 16 year old kid who not only speaks very eloquently but also shows that he has given certain things more thought than most teenagers or adults for the matter. My immediate reaction was feeling that his talent would be wasted if his future is ruined by the legal prosecution brought against him. I likened him to the kid in "Goodwill Hunting".

I then did a bit of googling and found some description of him when he joined a writing club at 13. His teacher at the club spoke of him as being confident, well spoken, always asking questions and reading things well above his age. A report in The New Paper also portrayed him as a precocious boy with a thirst for knowledge.

Then someone suggests that he may be an Indigo Child. I then found a website that lists the following as traits of an Indigo Child:

1. May be strong willed independent thinkers who prefer to do their own thing rather than comply with authority figures/parents

2. Have a wisdom and level of caring beyond their youthful experience

3. Traditional Parenting and discipline strategies don’t appear effective  with these children. If you try to force an issue, a power struggle is the typical outcome.

4. Energetically, Indigos are vibrating at a much higher frequency so they can get scrambled by negative energy (human or machine)

5. Emotionally they can be reactive and may have problems with anxieties, depression or temper rages if not energetically balanced

6. Are creative right brain thinkers, but may struggle to learn in a traditional left brain school system

7. Often Indigos are diagnosed with ADD and ADHD since they appear impulsive (their brain can process information faster) and they require movement to help keep them better focused.

8. Indigos are very intuitive, and may see hear or know things that seem unexplainable.

9. Indigos have more problems with food and environmental sensitivities, since their system is more finely tuned.

10. When their needs are not met, these children seem self centered and demanding, although this is not their true nature.

11. These children have incredible gifts and potential, but they may be shut down when not properly nurtured and accepted

This boy did strike me as emotionally reactive and charged with high energy almost like in a rage but nevertheless is intelligent and has potentials. Indigo child or not it would really be a pity if he is convicted and housed in a detention centre or boy's home which will definitely aggravate his defiance and rebellious nature. On the other hand if properly guided and nurtured we may have a genius in the making as in "Goodwill Hunting".

Is Singapore prepared to give him a second chance?