"My Feelings are Hungry"~How You Can Help Childhood Obesity

As the Author, Ava Parnass states, "Did you even know that feelings could get hungry? Well they can! My Feelings Are Hungry, discusses the power of feelings and the need to discuss them. 


Children don't know what they feel and need to be taught the words to describe the feelings inside so they feel better and behavior improves. 

My Feelings Are Hungry teaches them to express themselves in a creative way while still knowing they are in a safe environment.

I have been a child and family psychotherapist for over 15 years and am a strong advocate for a comprehensive approach to a healthy lifestyle. I developed these products entirely with the children in mind and helping them better communicate their thoughts and feelings to their parents and loved ones in order to grow up in a healthier environment."


Just in the United States alone, obesity is a growing epidemic and childhood obesity is sadly increasing to a staggering number. 


According to the CDC: 

Approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.
Since 1980, obesity prevalence among children and adolescents has almost tripled.


Mushy
That is why I was so excited to be given this opportunity to review My Feelings are Hungry by Ava Parnass, Illustrated by Al Margolis and Contributor Rebecca Parnass! 


Mushy is a Fairy Godmother and Hero all tied up in one cute and loving character! Everyone of us has the opportunity to become like Mushy. Whether as a parent, grandparent, family member or even in the classroom as a teacher.



Rebecca is having a bad day and replaces her feelings with snacks and junk food. Mushy appears and takes her on a journey to a special place called Feeling Town.


We can all learn how to deal with feelings of anger, sadness and even loneliness. Instead of quickly choosing to bury her feelings with unhealthy food choices, Rebecca learns that she can deal with these feelings in a healthy way.
 




You will enjoy reading this book to your children.  I guarantee that both you and your child will learn many valuable lessons from Mushy! I know I did!

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." Mother Teresa

"Join Ava Parnass, a.k.a. “The Kid Whisperer,” author, songwriter and child therapist who specializes in marrying Entertainment, Emotional Intelligence and Time-In not Time-Out parenting for kids. 




Ms Parnass helps kids figure out how they feel through playing, talking, listening, reading, singing and dancing so behavior improves! 




Her multi-media materials, books and songs can be found on: 
Amazon, Website and YouTube.


The books and songs are entirely devoted to helping Parents have fun while improving their child's behavior, tantrums and/or overeating for the better. Since children learn how they feel through playing, talking, listening, reading, singing, and dancing; My different products reflect the way kids learn. We want to help parents achieve their goal of raising kind, loving, fun, well-behaved children. 




Read the books, sing and dance to the songs, and have fun while learning that feelings are hiding underneath behavior and need to be talked about so behavior improves. First, "Listen To Me, Please!" Time-In, Not Time-Out will give you the low down to raising socially-competent, well-adjusted and better behaved children. All without time-out! 




Use this book with your children, connect with them on a deeper level and watch misbehavior disappear! It's pure relationship magic! In addition to helping you listen to your child more effectively, this book will help you accentuate the positive while allowing you to help your child handle tough feelings, deal with the pressures of modern life and learn from mistakes. This book is part parenting field guide and part interactive story book." 

Related articles

• Book Review: Listen to Me Please! Time-In Not Time-Out by Ava Parnass & Dr. Ron Taffel (blogcritics.org)
• Parenting and Stress Management (everydayhealth.com)
• Parenting a Child With ADHD (everydayhealth.com)
• 18 ways to say "no" positively to a child - good tips! (diamondnannies.wordpress.com)
• Kids And Manners: How To Teach Children To Behave (huffingtonpost.com)
• Fix childhood obesity, a GROWING problem. (mg312.wordpress.com)
• Childhood Overweight and Obesity (education.com)
• Prevention of Overweight and Obesity in Infants and Toddlers (education.com)
• 10 Best After-School Snacks (everydayhealth.com)

As an Occupational Nurse Consultant, I saw many disability applicants with conditions mostly caused by obesity.  On my journey towards health and wellness I have been encouraging others to regain their health and fight the obesity epidemic. You can read more great articles about obesity on Health and Fitness Times!  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this book review.  I was given a free PDF copy of the book by the author.