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Mariette Ulrich

Mariette Ulrich is a homemaker and freelance writer. She lives in western Canada with her husband and six of their seven children. Mariette holds an Honours B.A. in English Literature (University of Saskatchewan). While awaiting the commencement of her M.A. studies, she worked briefly writing ad copy for radio. Severe morning sickness followed by full-time motherhood put an abrupt end to both. She now home-schools her children, writes, and does speaking engagements as time permits. Her columns and articles have appeared in various journals, newspapers and magazines in Canada, the U.S., England and Australia. Her interests include politics, culture, gardening, baking and ballroom dancing; her passions: faith, family and costume drama adaptations of 19th century literary classics.

IUDs: the final solution for teen pregnancy?
Mariette Ulrich | 10 Aug 2012
Teenage pregnancy rates have declined by 40 per cent since 1990. Abstinence and the pill are both claimed to have played a role. But for those who use neither, certain experts propose a solution that takes the decision out of their hands. Doesn't this show more clearly than ever before the disregard for human dignity in the contraceptive approach?

Unintended, but not unwanted
Mariette Ulrich | 4 Aug 2012
What do you do when people are choosing not to plan their pregnanies? Is choice a virtue in itself, or does it matter what choices people make?

Raise kids religious
Mariette Ulrich | 17 Jul 2012
A large US study shows that growing up in a religious household has advantages for children.

Should men have to pay "preglimony"?
Mariette Ulrich | 12 Jul 2012
A NY Times opinion piece suggests that men be legally forced to pay “preglimony,” that is, support during pregnancy, regardless of whether they are (or ever were) in a meaningful relationship with a woman, and regardless of whether the pregnancy is carried to term.

Children who use the B word
Mariette Ulrich | 11 Jul 2012
As a child growing up on the farm, my siblings (twelve of them) and I absolutely lived for summer holidays; we played hard and squeezed every bit of life and joy out of those two months away from school.

Teens hiding online activity from parents
Mariette Ulrich | 29 Jun 2012
The online security company McAffee has been conducting surveys into internet use and behaviour. A recent survey found that in 2012, 70 percent of teens (aged 13-17) reported having hidden online behaviour from parents. This was up from 45 percent of teens in 2010. "There's a lot more to do on the Internet today, which ultimately means there's a lot more to hide," said McAfee spokesman Robert Siciliano.

Surprise - parenthood is associated with more joy than misery
Mariette Ulrich | 29 Jun 2012
The notion that parenthood brings happiness and fulfilment is self-evident to those of us who have partaken of healthy family life, but it’s still gratifying to receive validation from academia.

An ideal husband, perhaps
Mariette Ulrich | 15 Jun 2012
Having reached the stage in life where my eldest daughters are of marriageable age, I have vowed not to be one of those mothers who badger their children about getting married and producing grandchildren.

Little Masons and Isabellas multiply
Mariette Ulrich | 5 Jun 2012
What's in a baby's name?

Obesity researchers find teens "frustrating". How surprising.
Mariette Ulrich | 30 May 2012
An intensive obesity-prevention program for Australian girls didn't lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activity or body weight a year later.

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