Mother's Day

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, Roy B. White, Rebecca Winters

Eighty-six percent of moms think they don't get enough RESPECT, according to a poll by Family Circle magazine. And 80% agree that moms who STAY HOME get even less. Even so, 77% of mothers who work full time would rather stay home if they could. Moms in both camps are a bit defensive: 73% of those at home think WORKING moms look down on them, and 66% of those who work feel the same way about moms who are at home. The main message, however, is a positive one: while 70% of mothers say that being a mom is much more DEMANDING than they expected, 92% say it is also much more REWARDING.