Mother Tongue

By Kristen Taylor

The Mother Tongue is a parenting column that Kristen (Juvie's owner) writes. It was published monthly in the Ventura County Star from 2004-2006, and now appears in the Los Feliz Ledger. Kristen's other publishing credits include the Christian Science Monitor, Because I Said So, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and elsewhere.

October 8, 2006

Finders Keepers

I think that I have just solved one of the longest running mysteries of motherhood. We’ve known for generations that mothers are the only ones capable of finding the lost possessions, school project bits and pieces, tools, and key fobs belonging to other members of her family. Scientists theorized for years that only women of [...]

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