Overview

• Lena Gercke resumed professional engagements six weeks after her daughter’s birth, describing her work as a form of “vacation” that replenishes her energy.
• She argues that exclusive focus on childcare can be more demanding than her modeling and hosting duties, citing friends who reached their limits through full-time parenting.
• Her ability to juggle career and family hinges on structured organization and support from a nanny—a resource she acknowledges many cannot afford.
• Despite praising her partner Dustin Schöne for being a loving and present father, Gercke rejects the idea of a perfectly equal split in parenting duties as unrealistic.
• To maintain early maternal bonds, she regularly brings her daughters to her jobs, viewing their inclusion as essential for their relationship.