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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.

Arizona may ban sex and race-based abortions
Mariette Ulrich | 1 Apr 2011
Arizona moves to ban abortions based on race and gender. According to a report in Reuters: Under the new Arizona statute, doctors and other medical professionals would face felony charges if they could be shown to have performed abortions for the purposes of helping parents select their offspring on the basis of gender or race.

Baby Joseph comes home
Mariette Ulrich | 30 Mar 2011
The Maraachli family now hopes to take Joseph home to die in peace and privacy. One hesitates to call it a happy ending; how can you when you’re talking about a terminally ill infant? But the family is satisfied with the situation as it currently stands.

Four years old, future dashed?
Mariette Ulrich | 21 Mar 2011
Stories of parents who do battle with schools or educational bureaucracies are nothing new, but this one from the New York Post seems a little out of the ordinary.

Family violence
Mariette Ulrich | 10 Mar 2011
A teenager faces a possible prison sentence for killing the family hamster.

Lose your kids, find yourself
Mariette Ulrich | 9 Mar 2011
“Rahna Reiko Rizzuto says that she never wanted to be a mother.” Call me old-fashioned, but once you take Baby home from the maternity ward, it’s a little late for that sentiment, isn’t it?

Guys v. men
Mariette Ulrich | 28 Feb 2011
“Where Have the Good Men Gone?” asks the title of a Wall Street Journal essay adapted from Kay Hymowitz's new book, Manning Up.

When a baby is dying, what should parents do?
Mariette Ulrich | 28 Feb 2011
A fatally ill baby, parents who want to do the best for him, a hospital system that has its own timetable for his death, lawyers, courts, security guards... A heartbreaking story.

Domestic finances: Mine. Yours. Ours?
Mariette Ulrich | 14 Feb 2011
An interesting article on Slate recently discussed the financial habits of contemporary couples. Author Jessica Grose took a detailed look at how people approach the issue of whether or not to share money and bank accounts.

Should dads lay off baby care?
Mariette Ulrich | 2 Feb 2011
“Men should concentrate on playing with their children and leave the care to women” the London Telegraph heading announces. Oh, really?

Tiger Mom parenting
Mariette Ulrich | 21 Jan 2011
With the feverish discussion going on over at the Wall Street Journal about the parenting style of “Chinese mother” Amy Chua (nearly 7,000 comments, last time I checked), I’m not sure why I felt the need to toss in my two cents—perhaps I felt ‘called out’ to defend my own style of parenting.

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