Mother Knows Best?: The Truth About Mom's Well-Meaning (But Not Always Accurate) Advice

by Sue Castle

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620872642
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	832 KB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction ix

1 Don't Gross Your Eyes and Other Things You Shouldn't Do 1

2 Chicken Soup Is the Best Medicine and Other Miracle Cures 22

3 If You're Carrying High, It's a Boy and Other Expectations for the Next Nine Months 68

4 …And Speaking of Sex 75

5 If a Newborn Baby Smiles, It's Only Gas and Other Parenting Proverbs 77

6 Don't Store Food in Open Cans and Other Advice to Chew on 98

7 You Can't Get Too Much Sleep and Other Waking Thoughts 114

8 No Pain, No Gain and Other Rumors of the Workout Room 119

9 If a Dog's Nose Is Hot and Dry, It Means He's Sick and Other Clues to the Secret Lives of Pets 126

10 The Full Moon Makes People Crazy and Other Weather Reports 130

Endnote 141