Mother knows best
Subtitle: the truth about mom's well-meaning (but not always accurate) advice
By: Sue Castle
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781620872642; 9781616086947
Subjects: Mothers; Folklore; Motherhood in popular culture; Life skills; HUMOR; Topic; Marriage & Family; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Folklore & Mythology
Description: 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 origin and purpose of Mom's sometimes dubious counsel.
Notes: Reprint. Previously published in 1992.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; 1. Don't Cross Your Eyes and Other Things You Shouldn't Do; 2. Chicken Soup Is the Best Medicine and Other Miracle Cures; 3. If You're Carrying High, It's a Boy and Other Expectations for the Next Nine Months; 4. ... And Speaking of Sex; 5. If a Newborn Baby Smiles, It's Only Gas and Other Parenting Proverbs; 6. Don't Store Food in Open Cans and Other Advice to Chew on; 7. You Can't Get Too Much Sleep and Other Waking Thoughts; 8. No Pain, No Gain and Other Rumors of the Workout Room.