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“A stinging account of how public policy and private businesses have failed to adapt to working mothers. Read it and weep at European family-friendly policies, like Sweden's guarantee that parents can work reduced hours until their child is 8. Or read it and be grateful, perhaps, that you have it a lot easier than many others.”
— Jennifer Ludden, National Correspondent, NPR
“The War on Moms" is an infuriating, galvanizing read — a page-turner for working moms.”
— Carly Berwick, The Los Angeles Times
“Packed with information and first-hand reporting, The War on Moms is eye-opening reading for anyone who cares about what’s happening to women, children and families in the current economic crisis.”
— Katha Pollitt, author of Learning to Drive and Virginity or Death!
“Sharon Lerner has turned her guns on the futility of the swanky "Mommy Wars" to reveal that the real war on mommies has little to do with wealthy women who opt-out or the quest for the perfect au pair. The real war on American mothers isn't cute and it's not making the front page of the nation's newspapers. Lerner tracks a war on mommies that is external, systemic, and brutal and it stems from maternity leave, to childcare, to part-time employment policies, that have made balancing work and family virtually impossible for real women. Every mom who worries about managing a workload, a home, and a family needs to read this book. The laundry can wait.”
— Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate
“A meticulously researched book that should be considered required reading for every mother or mother-to-be on either side of the border.”
— Ann Douglas, The Toronto Sun (blog)
“A refreshing take on the hard-core economic issues facing middle- and lower-middle class families.”
— Sue Shellenbarger, The Juggle/The Wall Street Journal
“An incredibly good read on an incredibly important topic. The War on Moms is a meticulously researched and referenced policy tract that belongs on the reading list of every American politician and public administrator.”
— Nicki Heskin, BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
Slate/DoubleX's Hanna Rosin and Sharon discuss The War on Moms on BookTV
Interview with ABC's Annie Pleshette Murphy
“A provocative new book takes a look at why raising kids today is so hard.”
— Marisa Cohen, Redbook
WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Sharon create a mother's day wish list:
“Moms often feel they can't do anything right: Either they're neglecting the kids to work, or neglecting work to take care of the family. I feel that way about 49 times a day, so I was delighted to talk with Sharon Lerner, a 43-year-old mother of two in Brooklyn, N.Y., whose new book has an ultimately comforting message: It's not our fault that we can't "do it all.”
— Nancy Shute, U.S. News and World Report
“If you're an American woman who is even thinking of having a baby, someday, with someone, and you don't have dual citizenship in one of over 168 countries that offer paid maternity leave... listen up!”
— Corrie Pikul, Elle
“You're going to a desert island, and you're allowed to take one food, one drink and one feminist. What do you pick?”
— Chloe Angyal, Feministing.com
“Fighting for the rights of working mothers.”
— Charity Vogel, The Buffalo News
“Mom doesn't want flowers for Mother's Day. She wants benefits that women around the world take for granted, according to Sharon Lerner.”
— Ron Dicker, AOL WalletPop
Sharon on KEXP's Mind Over Matter
Sharon on KIRO's Dave Ross Show
Sharon talks to Santa Fe Radio Cafe's Mary Charlotte
Nobody really declared war on moms in America, it only feels like it. No one knows this better than the people Sharon Lerner interviews in her first book.
— Madeline Holler, Strollerderby/Babble
“Out of over 170 countries there are 4 countries that have no paid leave for new mothers: Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Liberia, and the United States of America. Shocking. The War on Moms tells us about the huge challenge mothers and families face in this nation. It is time for U.S. policy and business practice to catch up with the rest of the world and make it possible for all parents to both care for their children as well as support them.”
— Joan Blades, President of MomsRising.org
