The Good Enough Mom + Moms Raising Boys + Sending a Son to War

Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, co-authors of Good Enough Is the New Perfect.

Topic: Finding happiness and success in modern motherhood.

Issues: Motherhood and technology; the new mommy wars; do you feel you’ve lost track of what makes you truly happy? Is it possible to “have it all”? The truth is yes—but the secret is to create an “all” that you love.

Sharon O’Donnell, author of House of Testosterone.

Topic: One mom’s survival in a household of males.

Issues: Is it tougher to raise boys than girls? The unique issues mothers face when raising boys; the frustrations moms of boys face; finding time for self in a household of males.

Frances Richey, author of The Warrior .

Topic:A mother’s story of a son at war.

Issues: How her political opinion of the war (the author was against it) shaped her relationship with her son; the experiences of waiting at home while an only child goes off to war; painful farewells; the difficulty communicating with a soldier who comes home hardened by combat.