J.D. Vance suggests ‘Grandma and Grandpa’ can provide child care for cash-strapped families. Many grandparents can’t afford to do that.

The assertion that grandparents or anyone else should be providing child care without a plan to pay them “plays into this harmful narrative that undervalues caregiving,” one advocate says.

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