Two families from across the country with extremely different values are chosen to take part in a two-week long challenge airing on ABC. The wives from these two families exchange husbands, children and lives to discover just what it's like to live another woman's life. At the end of the show, the two couples meet for the first time in an emotionally charged exchange of views, both couples make a frank assessment of each other and talk about what they've learned from the experience.