Harris Has Championed Family Policies. Now Trump Likes Them, Too.

It’s no surprise that Vice President Kamala Harris thinks the government should do more to help parents raise children. Like many Democrats, she has long supported three big policy goals: a larger child tax credit, paid family leave and reducing the cost of child care.

The surprise is that, according to a spokeswoman, former President Donald J. Trump does, too.

It’s campaign season, and both candidates make promises that they might not keep, and that Congress might not agree with. Mr. Trump’s commitment to these particular policies is less apparent than Ms. Harris’s. He has said very little publicly about them. His running mate, JD Vance, has said somewhat more, but it’s unclear whether Mr. Trump agrees with him.

Yet the fact that the Trump campaign is supporting these ideas at all is part of a shift over the last few years in the Republican Party, and potentially in the role of the government in American family life.

“One hundred percent it is the first time we’ve seen all four top ticket candidates be talking about paid leave, child care and the child tax credit,” said Adrienne Schweer, a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Ms. Harris promoted the child tax credit, paid leave and affordable child care as part of the Biden administration’s large social spending bill. As a senator, she co-sponsored family policy bills. These policies are a regular part of her stump speech. As governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, her running mate, signed into law all three.

Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, said Mr. Trump also supports the three major family policies. He plans, she said, to expand “the child tax credit, lower child care costs that have increased by 32 percent since Kamala Harris took office, and continue to support expansions for family leave.”