Mother Knows Best? The Truth about Mom's Well-Meaning (but Not Always Accurate) Advice

Name: Mother Knows Best? The Truth about Mom's Well-Meaning (but Not Always Accurate) Advice
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ISBN: 9781616086947

ISBN-10: 1616086947

ISBN-13: 9781616086947

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Authors: Sue Castle

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Will a little warm milk really help you go to sleep? (Yes—although cold milk works just as well.) Does turning a light off for a few minutes actually use more energy than it saves? (No.) Is chicken soup the best cure for the common cold? (Not clear, but it certainly helps.) If you pick up a baby every time she cries, will she get spoiled? (No, babies need all the love they can get!) Your mother should know . . . but does she? Here is the book that finally sets the record straight on the received wisdom and commonly accepted notions we’ve all routinely followed for generations. Mother Knows Best? will entertain and amuse as it informs, offering not only the real basis in fact but also the…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Sue Castle is a writer, a television producer, and a mother. She lives in NewYork City.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Don't Gross Your Eyes and Other Things You Shouldn't Do



Chicken Soup Is the Best Medicine and Other Miracle Cures



If You're Carrying High, It's a Boy and Other Expectations for the Next Nine Months



…And Speaking of Sex



If a Newborn Baby Smiles, It's Only Gas and Other Parenting Proverbs



Don't Store Food in Open Cans and Other Advice to Chew on



You Can't Get Too Much Sleep and Other Waking Thoughts



No Pain, No Gain and Other Rumors of the Workout Room



If a Dog's Nose Is Hot and Dry, It Means He's Sick and Other Clues to the Secret Lives of Pets



The Full Moon Makes People Crazy and Other Weather Reports


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