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 29, 2009

Aw, Geez, Mom, Cut it Out!

Uh oh. I’ve become that parent. You know the one: I’m the mother who babies her growing children to the point of eye rolling and groaning; to the point where I’m embarrassing not only my kids, but myself as well. When our children are babies, we have the luxury of observing people with their older [...]

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March 17, 2009

If I Had Fourteen Children

If I had fourteen children, I would need seven washers and dryers. That’s practically a Laundromat, and since the machines wouldn’t be in constant use, I would convert them to coin-op and let other people use them. This would be a viable source of income. If I had fourteen children, I would need several viable [...]

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