In the past, women arrived at the maternal convalescence center close to burnout. Now many are already burned out, says managing director Yvonne Bovermann. A conversation about what the pandemic can do with families – and the point at which help should be sought.
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Verena Mayer, Berlin
Closed schools and daycare centers, parents working from home – the pandemic was and is particularly difficult for families. According to studies, the mothers bear the brunt of the burden because care work and homeschooling are mostly left with them. How are these women after almost two years of pandemic? An interview with Yvonne Bovermann, manager of the Müttergenesungswerk, which has been offering cures for exhausted mothers and their children since the 1950s.