JD Vances recent suggestions for lowering day care costs left many people on social media befuddled.

On Wednesday, the Republican vice presidential nominee discussed the 2024 election in an interview at a church in Mesa, Arizona, with right-wing podcast host Charlie Kirk.

During the conversation , Kirk read aloud a question from someone in the audience who asked: What can we do about lowering the cost of day care?

Vance noted it was an important question before suggesting that working parents could alleviate the burden of rising child care costs by relying on their family members.

One of the things that we can do, is make it easier for families to choose whatever model they want, the Ohio senator said. One of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of the pressure on people is... maybe grandma or grandpa wants to help out a little bit more. Or maybe theres an aunt or uncle that wants to help out a little bit more.

If that happens, you relieve some of the pressure on all the resources that were spending on day care, he said.

Vance then seemed to acknowledge that many families, for a variety of reasons, might not have the advantage of free child care from relatives.

So he suggested that another approach could be to make the process of becoming a day care worker more accessible.

What we have to do is actually empower people to get trained in the skills that they need for the 21st century, he said. We got a lot of people who love kids, who would love to take care of kids.

The Republican senator claimed such people are deterred from the profession because they dont have access to the education that they need or because theyre forced to obtain a ridiculous certification that has nothing to do with taking care of kids.

Dont force every early child care specialist to go and get a six-year college degree, he added.