Born in France in 1945, in the post-war period, the Protection Maternelle et Infantile (PMI) is today threatened. PMI centers are places that welcome parents and their children under the age of 6 free of charge. Prenatal consultations, follow-up of the baby and the young child… These structures see parents from different backgrounds come together, who come to seek advice from professionals: child nurses, psychologists, social workers.
What support is offered? What role do these spaces play for young parents who are often worried? How to save the PMI, as the deputy of Seine-et-Marne Michèle Peyron wishes, who wrote a report on the subject, according to which “ we must act now », in order to preserve the original mission of the PMI and give it the necessary means?
A long format report by Charlie Dupiot in Paris, Côte d’Or and Essonne.