Not Just More Babies: These Republicans Want More Parents at Home

As the Trump administration shrinks federal child care programs, Republicans are backing policies they hope will allow more parents tot scale back at work.

A few months before he began his 2022 Senate campaign, JD Vance reached out to a conservative family policy group with an idea for an opinion essay. He wanted to write about why government-subsidized day care was bad — and why most young children do better when one parent stays home.