fortunately, her partner holger schulze is here and can help out. a professorship in copenhagen and has to spend three days a week away from home, a challenging situation for everyone involved. professor hartmann: i've often thought about whether it would be better to cut back or do something else. those thoughts only really start once you've had children. but there's also the fact that i really love my job and i don't want to stop working. so, i have to live with my guilty conscience and with the chaos that regularly ensues. i just have to cope. narrator: hartmann works whenever her home life allows. that's the only way she can balance kids, teaching, and research. prof. hartmann: working evenings at home is very important so i can organize everything, because i have to pick up the kids in the afternoon. so, once they're in bed, i work until 11:00 p.m. or so at night. narrator: the couple's day begins before 6:00 a.m. when he's home, holger takes care of the kids and the housework. that allows his partner to keep appointments in the evenings or on