To celebrate Mother’s Day, Family Forward Oregon’s Executive Director, Andrea Paluso, shared her thoughts in The Oregonian about the media hype around the fake “mommy wars,” clarifying, instead, that if there’s a war at all, it’s on moms, not between them. Here’s an excerpt:
“It would have been hard to miss the recent hullabaloo over motherhood and work brought on by Hilary Rosen’s comment about Ann Romney having “never worked a day in her life.” But let’s get something straight: Despite all the rhetoric, there is no “mommy war.” American moms are not at war with each other.
The truth is, most moms have experienced periods in and out of the labor force at different times in their lives — making the distinction between work-in-home and work-outside-home moms nearly irrelevant. The real problem facing American mothers: outdated, detrimental public policies that make it hard to support and care for their children — and themselves — over the long term.”
Read her full guest column here.