The White House is working on assuming policy to let Americans get more babies, even when it goes back to federally financed childcare.
That's because they want a stronger family unit, which they claim comes from a parent who stays at home.
White House -employees have discussed various options to encourage parents to stay at home with their children, three people who are part of the discussions told The New York Times.
Ideas that are discussed include giving more money for every child they have, removing federal tax credits for childcare and opening federal countries for housing. Proponents claim that if families can spend less on housing, more of them will be able to live on one income.
For example, the Republican Senator Jim Banks of Indiana recently introduced a bill that would actually pay parents at home. Republicans have also suggested that the tax credit for children is partly expanded by removing tax benefits that are intended for working parents to pay for day care.
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley has proposed to extend the tax credit for children to $ 5,000 per child in the hope that the extra money would enable parents to work less. During last year's presidential campaign, Vice President JD Vance also supported a $ 5,000 child tax credit. Although the measure has dual support, most Democrats also support grants for childcare.
Senator Josh Hawley has insisted on the expansion of the tax credit for children (Getty Images)
Even while the White House pushes a conservative social agenda that promotes traditional marriage and sex rolls, studies are unclear whether a child is doing better at a childcare or at home with a parent.
This is because many American families need two incomes to survive. Nearly 65 percent of mothers in two -lover households with at least one child under the age of 18 work outside the house, a figure that has increased considerably in the past half century. Similarly, the costs for childcare have also risen, with an average cost of $ 11,000 per child per year from 2023. Families in much larger cities pay more than double.
Conservatives claim that they do not push mothers to leave the staff, so they simply give a choice to work less if they want. They note that a Gallup survey in March established that 60 percent of American women say they would rather work part-time or stay at home. Thirty -seven percent of men said the same.
“President Trump believes that parents know how to best raise their children, and this administration strives for the policy that parents enables flexibility to make the best choices for their children and at the same time reduce the costs of childcare,” said the White House spokesperson, Taylor Rogers spokesperson, Taylor Rogers The times.
Conservatives generally do not say which parent could decide to stay at home. However, more than 80 percent of the parents who stay at home are women.
Hawley told Time That the effort “is not just about increasing the total number of children.”
“It increases the number of families, mothers and fathers, and the ability of the family to spend time together,” he added.
Banks said the newspaper that Democrats “blocked the options for childcare that many families prefer, such as the use of a church center for the church or a parent or grandparent care for their children.”
Democrats often hit Republicans because of their resistance to policy that makes it easier for mothers to work.
“Do you want to help families? What about paid family and medical leave?” Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa Delauro told The times.
Parents say that the proposed legislation with the largest tax credits for children is not enough for one parent to stay at home.
Katie Holler, 27, from Ohio, has two young children.
“It is not based on the experience of families who have to work,” she said. “It's money if you need dollars.”
