What a depressing book! I wasn't unhappy before I read this book, but I sure am now! This was not a helpful book in the slightest for anyone wrestling with the stay at home, go to work issue. It is mostly an accusatory guilt trip for modern women! Her solution to this is to troll for a husband and crank out those kids early, and then you can go on to have a satisfying career while tose kids are safe in school. What utter nonsense! While I feel her premise that there is no substitute for a parent's care, there are alternatives to completely giving up one's career. For a really good perspective, read Cokie Robert's book about a modern woman balancing career and family. It can be done, and done well. The happy spin that this author put on the 1950's parent is a view a lot of overworked moms are now clinging to. The 50's weren't so great, and moms had issues as well.