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.

February 1, 2009

Arnold, Arnold, Arnold…

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, You’ve got to stop doing this to me. Honestly, I’m not the angry-letter-writing type, but here you go again, turning a calm and collected mother into a hair-pulling, ranting and spitting lunatic. What’s got my knickers in such a knot? Your latest attempt to balance California’s budget on the heads of its [...]

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