Judith Warner became a mother while living abroad. Returning to the United States from France several years later with her two young children, she was shocked to discover the differences between the two cultures in regard to motherhood-with the U.S. coming up short. What she found here in the U.S. are mothers living lives of quiet desperation as they struggle to parent in an age of anxiety. Listen to our interview with Judith Warner author of Perfect Madness, Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety.
Think you're busy? Caroline and Jacquie find out how a media mogul Mom balances her over-the-top life and finds joy in living it to the fullest everyday when they talk with Bonnie Fuller, a mother of four and a business powerhouse who has led America's most popular magazines to record successes. Bonnie shares her secrets to her happily unbalanced life in her new book The Joys of Much Too Much!