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 30, 2009

I Don’t Want to Go to Sleep!

“Mom, I’m tired, so I’m going to bed now.” I have to ask the readers with grown children: When does a parent hear those magical words? When? I’m guessing that it probably happens the first time your adult child comes to visit you with their new baby, and leaves you in charge of the grandkid. [...]

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October 6, 2009

Your Kids Are a Target Audience

A recent analysis of the summer box office figures in the Los Angeles Times contained the tidbit that the Disney Studio was disappointed in the middling performance of their animated feature “G-Force,” because they had hoped to parlay the movie, which is about guinea pig spies, into a teen franchise. This left me with a [...]

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