Pressed for time and money, unable to find decent affordable childcare, wracked with guilt at falling short of the mythic supermom ideal, working and non-working American mothers alike have it harder today than they have in decades, and they are worse off than many of their peers around the world. Why? Because they're raising their kids in a family-unfriendly nation that virtually sets them up to fail.

The War on Moms takes the blame for this impossible situation away from women, who are too often chastised for making the wrong choices or handling their time unwisely, and puts it where it really belongs: on a nationwide indifference to the cultural and economic realities facing parents and families in the United States today. The War on Moms is battlefield reporting on the widespread, brutal realities facing many women today: the lack of paid maternity leave, a dearth of decent part-time jobs, and a shortage of enough decent, affordable childcare options. While many recent books have focused on high-earning professionals mothers, The War on Moms focuses instead on the vast majority of women who can’t buy their way out of these dilemmas. It tells the truth that overworked, stressed-out American moms need to hear: that they're not alone, and they're not to blame.

The WAR on MOMS:

Exposes a lack of reasonable and flexible work opportunities as the real cause of the supposed rift between employed and stay-at-home mothers.
Explodes the myths about supermoms, slacker dads, opt-out moms, bootstrap moms, daycare options, and make-$$$-from-home scams.
Describes the emotional and economic pain of motherhood without paid maternity leave.
Offers portraits of real women-across social classes and across the country, struggling with issues that will strike a familiar chord with most Americans.
Explains why American women have it hard and why it's not going to get any easier until the country dramatically changes course.