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.

May 27, 2010

This One’s for the Dads

Father’s Day is coming right up, and as much as I am not a fan of greeting card holidays and trite sentiment (or maybe because of that), I’d like to take this time to give a huge shout out and a sincere round of applause to all of the fantastic dads that I know. And [...]

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May 27, 2010

Time to Take the Kids to Some Actual 3-D Entertainmnet

I never thought that I would welcome busy weekdays stuffed with school and homework, but I feel like I spent most of spring break acting as an electronic device gatekeeper. The entertainment delivery systems (computer, video games, smart phone, and television) were always there, always tempting, and always ready to start an argument over the [...]

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