JD Vance's Solution to Childcare Crisis? 'Maybe Grandpa or Grandma Wants to Help'
JD Vance's Solution to Childcare Crisis? 'Maybe Grandpa or Grandma Wants to Help'
Republican VP nominee JD Vance suggests grandparents should help with childcare costs, ignoring struggling families. He also proposes lowering standards for childcare workers. Is this a viable solution or just passing the buck? #ChildcareCrisis
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What if you do not trust grandma to be your children's primary caregiver? This is part of the reason I chose to not have kids. I knew I could not afford childcare. My mother would happily do it for free, but she is batshit crazy and unpredictable. I would not want her to have unsupervised access to my hypothetical children for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week.
While my parents aren't bad, they're just products of their environment that doesn't teach or encourage critical thinking and being honest to one's self. They are also bad with communication. They don't have an iota of self-reflection or even if they do, they do not even attempt to change. But even if they change, it's too late. My parents said and taught me a lot of things when I was growing up, which in hindsight doesn't make sense and negatively affected my formative years.
My parents said they'll be happy to take care of any of my future children; but I gave a disgusted no face and I reckon my parents did not even get the hint.