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The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids
Scribner
December 2012
On Sale: December 4, 2012
256 pages
ISBN: 1451656254
EAN: 9781451656251
Kindle: B007EE5852
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Don’t cross your eyes or they’ll stay like that!
Feed a cold, starve a fever! Don’t touch
your Halloween candy until we get it checked out!
Never run with scissors Don’t look
in the microwave while it’s running! This will
go down on your permanent record 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 knuckles
(arthritis!) are called into question by our country’s
leading trivia guru. Jennings separates myth from fact to
debunk a wide variety of parental edicts: no swimming after
meals, sit up straight, don’t talk to strangers, and so on. Armed with medical case histories, scientific findings, and
even the occasional experiment on himself (or his kids),
Jennings exposes countless examples of parental wisdom run
amok. Whether you’re a parent who wants to know what you can
stop worrying about or a kid (of any age) looking to say, “I
told you so,” this is the anti–helicopter parenting book
you’ve been waiting for.
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