Nurseries, raids on babies (2025)

Season 1

An investigation into the inner workings of an economic model where profitability takes precedence over the well-being of children and their families. Former employees provide behind-the-scenes accounts of these daycare centers, which now operate on a profit-driven basis. In France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, this sector is being privatized, paradoxically thanks to massive public subsidies. But where do these public funds end up?

Released Sept. 9, 2025 Episode 52 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.profit, tmdb.investigation, tmdb.business-ethics, tmdb.behind-the-scenes, tmdb.business, tmdb.daycare, tmdb.investigative-journalism + 5 more, tmdb.business-presentation, tmdb.social-scandal, tmdb.business-minded, tmdb.testimony, tmdb.behind-closed-doors

Production Companies: ARTE, CAPA

Network: ARTE

Country: France
Languages: French

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TMDb

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Coraline Salvoch
Director

9.0

S1E1 - The hidden side of private nurseries

Since daycare centers opened to the private sector in the early 2000s, early childhood has become a lucrative business for its voracious stakeholders. As child abuse scandals multiply and embezzlement of public funds is uncovered, we investigate the excesses of deregulation that has transformed babies into cash machines.

Sept. 9, 2025, midnight

9.0

S1E2 - A system fed on public money

After twenty years of liberal deregulation, child abuse scandals and the misappropriation of public funds, governments and municipalities in several European countries are trying to regain control of the private daycare sector.

Sept. 9, 2025, midnight

ARTE

52 min/ep

105 min

Sept. 9, 2025

Sept. 9, 2025, midnight

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