Väter: Allein zu Haus

Turning the Tables: The entertaining miniseries “Fathers Home Alone” flips traditional societal role models within family and relationships on their heads: The story centers on four male friends who—mostly against their will—take on traditional caregiving roles to prove themselves or to enable their partners to take the next steps in their careers that had been put on hold until then. In the process, they reach their limits but also rise to the occasion. Gerd—father of three children by three different women and owner of a small craft business—has made a firm promise to his partner, Michaela: When their daughter Laura starts school, he’ll take over her care, and Michaela can return to her job as a nurse. Only if he takes on this responsibility and proves himself to be a mature, responsible stay-at-home dad starting on the first day of school will she finally accept his marriage proposal—that’s the deal. It’s not just Gerd who’s facing a period of immense challenges: his friends Mark, Timo, and Andreas also have children who are starting school for the first time. From now on, the men must prove that they’re capable of taking care of their children just as their mothers would.