The Two-Income Trap: Why Parents Are Choosing to Stay Home

Featured in Glamour magazine
"Ms. Venker's contribution to humanity, to marriages, to families, to women is huge. I am grateful for this book."-- Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Author of six New York Times bestsellers, including The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands, and host of one of the most popular talk show hosts in radio history
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT DOING IT ALL MEANS GETTING NOTHING DONE?
In this controversial, compelling book, cultural critic and Fox News contributor Suzanne Venker helps women achieve the work-family balance they seek by planning their careers around marriage and family rather than the other way around.
For decades now, women have been groomed for a life at the office rather than for a life at home; and the results have been disastrous. Not only are women frazzled from trying to do it all and be at all, their relationships at home are suffering. And so are their children.
With a special focus on the physical and emotional well-being of children, The Two-Income Trap helps women create a life where they can be successful both at home and at work in piecemeal fashion over the course of their lives. A career can be satisfying, concedes Venker, but it will never compare to the rewards and satisfaction of motherhood well done.
The Two-Income Trap is a bold call to shift our priorities from the feverish pursuit of professional success to the more satisfying nurturing of our children, while at the same time recognizing the value of professional work and helping women carve out the necessary space for this goal.