Everyone seems to be talking about these so-called Mommy Wars -- the battle between stay-at-home moms and working moms. Two books have been written on the subject in the last year, "
The Truth About the Mommy Wars" by Miriam Peskowitz and the new "
Mommy Wars: Stay at Home and Career Moms Face off on their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families," by Leslie Morgan Steiner. There was even a two-day special on Good Morning America in March 2006 titled “
The Mommy Wars: To Work or Stay at Home.” What is the source of this conflict?