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Kids in Mind

Mondays at 1 pm during The Mix (repeats at 9 am Sundays)

No jargon, no talking over your head—just good, solid, tested parenting advice from child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas. Have a question for Rachel? Send it to kidsinmind@worldradio.ch.

Kids in Mind: Ten things to do with the kids this summer
Monday, 5 July, 2010Taking a break from the more serious trials and tribulations kids face, Rachel Melville-Thomas offers advice to parents on how to deal with that commonly-heard summer exclamation, “Mom, dad, I’m bored!” Here are 10 ways you can respond:
A pupil works on spelling exercises at the elementary school in Monstein near Davos in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, pictured on September 11, 2008. The elementary school Davos Monstein is a comprehensive school where pupils of all different levels are being taught together. In addition, the school offers a day-long program including lunch as well as housework tutoring in order to disburden parents. The Monstein school's pupils not only come from the families in the village but instead include children coming from twelve kilometers distant Davos. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) Eine Schuelerin der Primarschule Monstein bei Davos, Schweiz, arbeitet am 11. September 2008 im Klassenzimmer an einer Rechtschreibaufgabe. In der Primarschule Davos Monstein sind alle sechs Primarschulstufen in einer Klasse als Gesamtschule zusammengefasst. Die Schule wird zudem als Tagesschule gefuehrt, in der die Kinder ueber Mittag verpflegt werden und im Klassenzimmer an den Hausaufgaben arbeiten, um die Eltern zu entlasten. Neben Kindern aus dem Dorf besuchen auch Kinder aus dem zwoelf Kilometer entfernten Davos die Schule. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)
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Kids in Mind: Moving on up—changing schools the pain free way
Monday, 28 June, 2010Rachel Melville-Thomas talks to Mark Butcher about how to make the transition between different schools easier for your kids. It’s all about helping them to keep positive memories and making sure you acknowledge how they feel.
A pupil works on his geometry housework in the class room at the elementary school in Monstein near Davos in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, pictured on September 11, 2008. The elementary school Davos Monstein is a comprehensive school where pupils of all different levels are being taught together. In addition, the school offers a day-long program including lunch as well as housework tutoring in order to disburden parents. The Monstein school's pupils not only come from the families in the village but instead include children coming from twelve kilometers distant Davos. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)
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Kids in Mind: Consistent parenting—when to let the small stuff slide
Monday, 21 June, 2010It’s important to deal with children in a consistent, dependable way, so that they can predict how things should be. This involves how parents discipline, how they keep routines and how a couple agrees in front of the kids. Rachel Melville-Thomas explains when to pick your battles.
A pupil works on spelling exercises at the elementary school in Monstein near Davos in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, pictured on September 11, 2008. The elementary school Davos Monstein is a comprehensive school where pupils of all different levels are being taught together. In addition, the school offers a day-long program including lunch as well as housework tutoring in order to disburden parents. The Monstein school's pupils not only come from the families in the village but instead include children coming from twelve kilometers distant Davos. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally) Eine Schuelerin der Primarschule Monstein bei Davos, Schweiz, arbeitet am 11. September 2008 im Klassenzimmer an einer Rechtschreibaufgabe. In der Primarschule Davos Monstein sind alle sechs Primarschulstufen in einer Klasse als Gesamtschule zusammengefasst. Die Schule wird zudem als Tagesschule gefuehrt, in der die Kinder ueber Mittag verpflegt werden und im Klassenzimmer an den Hausaufgaben arbeiten, um die Eltern zu entlasten. Neben Kindern aus dem Dorf besuchen auch Kinder aus dem zwoelf Kilometer entfernten Davos die Schule. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)
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Kids in Mind: Having a kick about—good for the body and brain
Monday, 14 June, 2010Football fever can be good for your children in ways you might not have thought of. Rachel Melville-Thomas explains the psychological benefits of a kick about.
Ein Junge haelt am Mittwoch, 18. Juni 2008, in Bremen einen Fussball im Arm. Laut Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Kinder-und Jugendhilfe leben viele Kinder und Jugendliche in Deutschland in Armut oder sind von Armut bedroht. In Essen findet bis zum Freitag, 20. Juni 2008, der 13. Kinder- und Jugendhilfetag statt.(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach) ---A boy holds a football in his arm in Bremen, Germany, on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Europeans largest congress for childrens help in Essen, Germany, will run up to Friday, June 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)
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Kids in Mind: Ages and stages, part 4
Monday, 7 June, 2010Does everything you do for your child seem to be wrong? Does it feel like a different person has moved into the house? Rachel Melville-Thomas explains what’s going through the mind of an early teenager during the Moods stage.
Young people, one with a beer mug are seen during a party in Vienna, on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 in Vienna. A June 2006 European Union-commissioned report says nearly all 15- to 16 year-old European students have had alcohol at some point in their lives and, on average, now start when they're just 12 and half years old. (AP Photo/Thomas Unterberger)
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Kids in Mind: Ages and stages, part 3
Monday, 31 May, 2010Rachel Melville-Thomas continues our series on the stages of childhood with the Methods stage: roughly 8 to 11 years. What’s going on for kids at this stage, and how they cope when things go wrong.
No boys allowed / No girls allowed (Photo by .m.e.c./flickr)
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Kids in Mind: Ages and stages, part 2
Monday, 17 May, 2010Rachel Melville-Thomas takes a look at children aged 5 to 7, called the Mastery Stage, and what type of development one might expect during this age:
A child plays on a swing made from old car parts and tires at a playground built on an abandoned urban railway in Lima. ( REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)
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Kids in Mind: Ages and stages
Monday, 10 May, 2010Rachel Melville-Thomas talks about her system of understanding how little ones see the world at different stages in their childhood. She begins with what she calls the “magic” stage, children aged three to five: 
A child runs through a keyhole sculpture by artist Jim Lambie in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of his 2008 exhibition there called "Secret Affair." (REUTERS/David Moir)
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Kids in Mind: Favourite parent
Monday, 3 May, 2010While parents can have a favourite child, so too can kids have a favourite parent very early on. Rachel Melville-Thomas talks about why this is and how parenting style can play a part in this.
Nykita Hurt hugs her grandson Nicholas, whose mother Brandi became a child prostitute at the age of 14, at a home in Ellenwood, Georgia November 15, 2007. More than 300,000 children are being sexually exploited in the United States, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania. Many of them end up in Atlanta, which authorities say has become a hub for prostitution in part because its busy airport makes it a destination for men seeking sex. Brandi became involved with a prostitution ring after meeting a stranger in a chat room in 1998 and has been involved with prostitution and drugs ever since. Nykita began her own support group for parents of child prostitutes named "Save Our Daughters" at a local church. Picture taken November 15, 2007. (REUTERS/Tami Chappell )
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Kids in Mind: Breaking your child's bad habits
Monday, 26 April, 2010Thumb sucking, hair twirling, nail biting, nose picking and beyond—child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas tells us how to help your child replace bad physical habits with ideas to express the needs that are causing them.
Thumb sucking (Photo by Carlos A. Martinez)
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Kids in Mind: Bedwetting
Monday, 19 April, 2010About seven percent of 7-year-olds and 15 percent of 5-year-olds still wet their beds. The problem is an age-old one and can cause both child and parent undue amounts of stress. Rachel Melville-Thomas brings in Dr. Penny Fraser, who gives first aid courses to parents, teachers and childcare workers, to talk about toilet-training and nocturnal enuresis, better known as bedwetting.
A girl's pink hair tie lies on an adult's double bed next to ruffled bedclothes in the parents' bedroom, pictured in October 2008. (KEYSTONE/Luis Berg)
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Kids in Mind: Keeping your children safe from strangers
Monday, 12 April, 2010The world can be made out to be a scary place these days. In fact, abduction or abuse by a stranger are statistically quite rare. Child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas has tips for helping your children feel safe—and be safe.
A child plays on a swing made from old car parts and tires at a playground built on an abandoned urban railway in Lima. ( REUTERS/Mariana Bazo)
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Kids in Mind: Friends and friendship
Monday, 29 March, 2010Friendship is a part of life that some children pick up on much more readily than others. Child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas has tips for helping your kids through tricky situations—and what to do if you don’t like your children’s friends.
Girls hold hands while warming up during the preschool ballet (KEYSTONE/EPA/KIM LUDBROOK)
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Kids in Mind: Getting your kids to communicate
Monday, 22 March, 2010Child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas looks at how to find out what your kids think about their ordinary days—first step, forget the phrase ’How was your day?’—or about a particular event.
Thanksgiving 1975 kids table Brooklyn '70s (Photo by Anthony Catalano)
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Kids in Mind: Pleading and whiiiiiining
Monday, 15 March, 2010All children whine—Rachel Melville-Thomas tells us why and to deal with it without going out of your mind:
Please stop whining (Photo be Faruk Ahmet)
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