Nurseries, raids on babies

Name: Nurseries, raids on babies
Released: 2025-09-09
Rating: 8

8.0

September 9, 2025

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

Overview

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?

Created By

Coraline Salvoch, Alain Pirot

Episodes

1. The hidden side of private nurseries

September 9, 2025 • 58m

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.

9.0

2. A system fed on public money

September 9, 2025 • 47m

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.

9.0

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