Life in family chaos: When career and love are on the brink!

Life in family chaos: When career and love are on the brink!

On June 30, 2025 there will be significant changes in Linda and Jakob's lives. Linda, played byThekla Carola Wied, quits her job as head of a women's magazine to have more time with Jakob, embodied byGünther Maria Halmer, to spend. Your goal is to enjoy togetherness and leave everyday life behind.

However, the couple soon faces new challenges when they have to babysit the triplets of their children Leonie and Thomas. Leonie, played byJulia Brendler, develops a jealousy that leads her to attack every female acquaintance of Thomas, portrayed byJens Atzorn, seen as a potential threat.

A marriage proposal and the tension between work and family

To prove his seriousness, Thomas proposes to Leonie, which makes her overjoyed. While Jakob supports this step, Linda remains skeptical and advises Leonie to concentrate on her career first. This advice has particular significance when considering the challenges women face in professional life, particularly in journalism. A master's thesis by Lisa Böttinger at theLudwig Maximilian University of Munichaddresses the compatibility of work and family for female journalists. It shows that female journalists are less likely to have children and often fail in the balancing act between career and motherhood.

Böttinger's work reveals that only about a third of female journalists become mothers and most of them have a strong need for female role models who can master this balancing act. The influence of the working environment and the attitude of employers are crucial for mothers' careers in journalism. These topics are also important for Leonie if she accepts Linda's offer to design an advertising campaign for the fashion czar Marius von Boonen.

Complications in the relationship

Jacob's worries grow when a young woman named Betty, played byCatherine of Steinburg, comes into her life and reveals to him that Thomas is the father of her son Fritz. This news puts Jacob in a difficult position as he wants to keep the boy's origins secret. The situation could have a significant impact on the family constellation.

The everyday lives of Linda, Jakob, Leonie and Thomas are shaped by unpredictable events that challenge not only their interpersonal relationships, but also their professional prospects. At a time when the compatibility of work and family is being discussed more than ever, this story reflects the struggle for balance that many women experience in today's society.