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.

March 1, 2008

Driving Me Mad

My husband was the first to recognize that we’d entered the next stage of parenting. I thought that maybe he had seen me pull off an impressive new mothering maneuver, but no. He said, “We’ve reached the driving stage.” Chauffeuring may be a great profession, but I didn’t apply for this job, and in this [...]

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