Smaïl Mekki

Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris, their families are ineffective and distant and they lead a purposeless life. They steal some records in a supermarket but she is caught and sent to a nursing home by force by her parents. She escapes and follows Gilles to a house where some other youths live. They then decide to go south: Christine has been told there is a commune there, where artists live. So they head south sleeping rough... (imdb)

Marion and Daniel Ferrière live with their family in a large house on the outskirts of Bordeaux and take in children who are regularly entrusted to Marion's care by the Aide Sociale à l'Enfance (ASE). For Marion, it's a family tradition, as her mother also took in children. (wikipedia)

Inspector Simon Magellan unravels crimes and mysteries in the fictional French town of Saignac. But that's just his day job - he's also raising two teenage daughters. (imdb)