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 22, 2010

Carpool Confessions

Where would Los Angeles families be without school carpools? In the daily diaspora that is getting kids to school on time and home whenever we can, we’ve come to rely on these formal but friendly collectives. Without carpools, our round trips to school would multiply out of control, wreaking havoc on our work schedules, gasoline [...]

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February 22, 2010

Back to Life, Back to Reality

Holy cow, does my back hurt. At first I thought that I was dying, because surely it would take some organ failing to cause this much pain. In fact, I happened to tune to a radio story about back pain on the way to the Doctor’s office, but I didn’t pay much attention to it [...]

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