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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Project 2025 plan calls for shifting funding for childcare to in-home care

Toddlers enjoying building blocks, cars, ships and other plastic toys in kindergarten.
Project 2025 claims, without evidence, that children who go into childcare are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and neglect. Photograph: Jacek Makowicz/Alamy

With the Republican presidential ticket led by Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance recently drawing scrutiny over their answers to questions about how they would address the high cost of childcare in the US, the far-right Project 2025 manifesto offers some suggestions to them.

The plan calls for shifting funding for childcare to in-home family care because it claims children who go to childcare are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and neglect.

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