Because I Said So! The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes down to Its Kids

Name: Because I Said So! The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes down to Its Kids
Price: 3.45 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781476706962

ISBN-10: 1476706964

ISBN-13: 9781476706962

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ken Jennings

List price: $17.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $14.03

Marketplace

5 new & used from $3.45

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

“Ken Jennings reveals the truth behind all those things you tell your children” (Parade) in this entertaining and useful New York Times bestseller “armed with case histories, scientific finds, and experiments on himself and his own children” (Los Angeles Times).Don’t cross your eyes, or they’ll stay like that! Feed a cold, starve a fever! Never run with scissors! Don’t look in the microwave while it’s running! Is any of it true? If so, how true? Ken Jennings wants to find out if mother and father always know best. Yes, all those years you were told not to sit too close to the television (you’ll hurt your eyes!) or swallow your gum (it stays in your stomach for seven years!) or crack your…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 10/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.37" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Ken Jennings cofounded ThirdRiver Partners to serve executives and organizations around the world. He has held leadership roles as a global managing partner at Accenture and was a codirector of the Global Leadership in Healthcare Program at the University of Michigan Business School. He is the coauthor of The Serving Leader.