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Curing Phobias and Children's Holiday Downtime

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

03/07/2017

BBC Radio Scotland - Personal Best, Curing Phobias and Children's Holiday Downtime

Curing phobias, holiday downtime for children and balancing children's use of technology.

Psychologist Richard Reid talks to Gillian Russell about curing phobias, plus Professor Helen Minnis explains why downtime is important for children during the holidays.

Richard Reid, psychologist and author of Cure Your Phobia In 24 Hours, talks to Gillian Russell about his own experiences of phobia and explains the differences between fear, phobia and anxiety. Just how should we tackle our own most crippling fears?

David Munro explains how a fear of flying has prevented him from joining friends on holiday and halted his ability to go on certain work trips.

Schools out ... so just what are your kids doing? Have you planned dozens of activities and booked them in for various clubs? Helen Minnis, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, explains why downtime is important for kids during the holidays and what they can learn from regular periods of unstructured play and occasional boredom.

If children had their own way, they'd probably spend most of their holiday downtime on phones, tablets and computers ... so how do we, as parents, set boundaries and encourage our kids to have a healthy, positive relationship with technology? Allison Havey, co-founder of The Rap Project and co-author of Sex, Likes & Social Media, explains how we can all learn to understand the digital landscape a bit better and instill some balance when it comes to our kids using technology.

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