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What would REALLY help mothers?
It was never as difficult as being a good mother today. Women try to do it all and to reconcile too much. Exhausting and overwhelming! This woman brings this impression of many mums now in a nutshell
Being a mother is beautiful - and extremely exhausting. So far, so well known. Women are finding it increasingly difficult to please everyone at the same time. They should look after their children lovingly and sensibly. Best work too. And realize yourself. This is almost impossible - and still many mothers try it day after day.
How high and, above all, false are the expectations that weigh on mothers is now also formulated by Manuela Schwesig. The family ministers gave an interview to "Bild am Sonntag". "As a woman, you can not really please anyone, " she said in the conversation. If you decide not to have children, you will look at them diagonally, and if you are successful in your career then you are the selfish career woman, who decides to have children and stays at home is just a housewife Rabenmutter: These stereotypes and stereotypes must finally be broken up. "
Your advice: more serenity. In other countries, such as France, it is perfectly normal for women to be less stressed in their role as mothers. "The women do not put themselves and others under such pressure."
That is easier said than done, but in fact the Minister is right: where should the change begin, if not with us women and mothers themselves?
Of course, not only private individuals are responsible. Schwesig formulates 3 wishes to the state:
- Toll-free daycare and childcare throughout Germany
- A working week for mothers and fathers reduced to 32 hours - the lack of salary had to be compensated by the state
- Better tax rules for families
In practical terms, the Federal Ministers of the Family want to take at least 100 million euros into their hands so that the opening hours of day-care centers and the like are getting better . Their opening hours are important early in the morning, in the evening and at night.
It took a long time for the family minister to make such a clear statement on the compatibility of work and family life. So much the better to hear these truths from her now, with which mothers struggle every single day.
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