Trump considers cutting subsidies for daycare centers and reallocating them to parents who choose to stay home to care for their children

The Democratic rag The New York Times, as expected, strongly criticized the measure, stating that it "would create the only federal subsidy to pay parents to stay home and raise their children," considering it one of the clearest attempts by the White House to consolidate a traditional family vision through public funds.

But for the Trump administration, the logic is simple: they argue that a state program that finances third parties to raise a child, but denies that same support to a mother or father, lacks neutrality and ultimately penalizes families who prefer home upbringing but cannot afford it.

Vance has advocated this position for years. Already in 2021, in a joint opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, he warned about the potential harms of daycare at early ages and concluded: "Young children are clearly happier and healthier when they spend the day at home with a parent."