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.

January 1, 2009

A Mother’s “New” New Year’s Resolutions

Parents, it’s time to dust off last year’s New Year’s resolutions and give them a fresh spin for 2009. In previous years my resolutions have been foiled by what I consider every mother’s deluded sense of optimism (e.g., I can make it from school to the orthodontist in six minutes!). This year I decided that [...]

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