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A review by revisins
Because I Said So! : The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings
5.0
Thanks to Scribner and thanks to Goodreads for providing an advanced copy of this fantastic, trivial, cautionary, and hilarious guide to the multitude of reasons adults dole out in a life time. If you are a fan of Ken Jennings' personality and demeanor at all—do yourself a favor and find a copy of this book. The tone is light and conversational. You get a sense that Jennings is giving you a dollop of fun “did ya know” type info that you’d get in-between rounds a bar trivia night.
The life reasons, questions, and fallacies that Jennings tackles are well chosen and well researched. There are enough anecdotal asides mingling with cited studies and professionals that a reader knows Jennings has ground his nose in the books and lived it out in his raising of his children. The results found in the pages of the book may surprise (Chicken Soup does have some medicinal quality—and talk to strangers, please!) and others may come off as obvious (crack your knuckles—arthritis won’t happen because of it); regardless of the results of whatever question, you’ll be entertained.
The structure of the book takes you through seasonal based “rules” and “suggestions” then body based concerns, and social interactions. Whatever your life status—Jennings has something that you can use as support—or make sure you do not lead your children down the wrong path.
The book is great for adults and kids to read. Just be careful when you lend a copy to a child—you’ll enviably get a “HA! I thought so! You’ve been lying to me…etc” type response—just remember you can remind them that it doesn’t matter, “because I said so.”
The life reasons, questions, and fallacies that Jennings tackles are well chosen and well researched. There are enough anecdotal asides mingling with cited studies and professionals that a reader knows Jennings has ground his nose in the books and lived it out in his raising of his children. The results found in the pages of the book may surprise (Chicken Soup does have some medicinal quality—and talk to strangers, please!) and others may come off as obvious (crack your knuckles—arthritis won’t happen because of it); regardless of the results of whatever question, you’ll be entertained.
The structure of the book takes you through seasonal based “rules” and “suggestions” then body based concerns, and social interactions. Whatever your life status—Jennings has something that you can use as support—or make sure you do not lead your children down the wrong path.
The book is great for adults and kids to read. Just be careful when you lend a copy to a child—you’ll enviably get a “HA! I thought so! You’ve been lying to me…etc” type response—just remember you can remind them that it doesn’t matter, “because I said so.”