NC Family's Family Policy Matters

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Ashley Hales, author of a new book, A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits. Dr. Hales explains how our limitations are an invitation from God to contentment and a deeper relationship with Him.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , NC Family president John Rustin sits down with Mary Frances Forrester to discuss her new book about her husband, former North Carolina State Senator James Forrester, and his fight for marriage in North Carolina.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Luke Niforatos from Smart Approaches to Marijuana to discuss the dangers of legalizing marijuana in North Carolina and nationwide. Niforatos reveals how big tobacco and big alcohol have taken over the marijuana industry and are "corrupting" the plant to make it as addictive and potent as possible.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with James Mason to discuss a lawsuit his organization has filed against a new Washington D.C. law. The law would allow children as young as eleven to make lasting medical decisions without parental consent or notification.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes attorney and gambling expert Chris Derrick to discuss the potential gambling boom North Carolina could see in the coming years, particularly if certain bills pass the state legislature this session. Chris Derrick is the author of an article on the same topic in NC Family's latest edition of our flagship publication Family Nor...

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Lyman Stone to discuss his new report "Births are Back: Did Government Stimulus Fuel a Baby Boomlet?" Stone shares how U.S. fertility rates had been declining for over a decade—with a steep drop during 2020—but things seem to be turning around in 2021.  

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back David Closson with Family Research Council to discuss Christian worldview, and how parents—not schools or even churches—are the first and primary educators of their children and are essential in forming a child's Christian worldview.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Kevin McGary, founder of the conservative social justice organization Every Black Life Matters. McGary shares how his organization fights to preserve Black life from conception to natural death, and it is different from other social justice organizations.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back school choice expert Dr. Terry Stoops to discuss the statistics on school choice during the 2020-2021 school year. Dr. Stoops outlines how and why North Carolina saw a drastic surge in school choice enrollment over the past school year, particularly in homeschools. 

This week on Family Policy Matters , we're bringing you a re-air of a show from February 2020 with Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Olsen discusses a survey of American voters on paid family leave, and shares the surprising findings that support for paid family leave spans the partisan divide and is highly important to key voter groups.

This week on Family Policy Matters , we're bringing you a re-air of a show from April 2020 with Dr. Ryan Streeter of the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Streeter discusses his article, "The Lonely (Political) Crowd," addressing connection between political involvement and loneliness.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Katy Faust, founder of the world's first children's rights organization Them Before Us, to discuss her new book. Faust outlines why the majority of public policy issues could be solved if everyone viewed them through the lens of what's best for children.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Matt Sharp from Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the religious liberty rights of teachers, particularly in regards to the case of Tanner Cross, a Virginia teacher whom ADF is representing in his fight to defend his First Amendment rights.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Shawna Pagano from Pat's Place, the lead agency for North Carolina's statewide initiative to fight human trafficking through Project NO REST. Pagano shares her experiences working with trafficking victims in North Carolina, and how Project NO REST is working to eliminate this modern-day slavery in our state.

This week on  Family Policy Matters , NC Family President John L. Rustin talks with Cathy Ruse from the Family Research Council about her recent report, Sex Education in Public Schools: Sexualization of Children and LGBT Indoctrination. Ruse's report details how graphic and extensive sex education classes have become in public schools, as activists push material that sexualizes and indoctrinates c...

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. George Barna, renowned pollster and researcher, to discuss his newest project: the Center for Biblical Worldview. Dr. Barna discusses the importance of ensuring every Christian understands and adopts a Biblical worldview, wherein their faith informs how they think and act in every aspect of their lives.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, to discuss how Christians in the workplace can protect their professions from being corrupted by the fallout of the sexual revolution.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Andrew Walker to discuss his new book, Liberty for All: Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age. Dr. Walker shares why it is important for Christians to defend religious freedom for all different religions, and how broad religious liberties can help our nation thrive.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Melissa Henson from the Parents Television and Media Council to discuss her recent report on the wide variety of streaming services now available to families. Henson outlines the programming and parental controls available on each streaming service, and suggests which ones best fit which families.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Denise Harle, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom. Harle discusses the two cases ADF is working on right here in North Carolina, one in defense of our state's pro-life laws, and another regarding First Amendment freedoms for a pro-life prayer group in Greensboro.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro to discuss his new book on how to read and understand the news with a theological framework.

This week on Family Policy Matters , we are excited to share a special interview with North Carolina's Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. Lt. Gov. Robinson sits down with NC Family President John L. Rustin to discuss the new FACTS Task Force, which stands for Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Carrie Gress, an author and mother of five, to discuss what has come to be known as the "Theology of Home." Dr. Gress dives into how we can see God and a foretaste of heaven within our homes and families, and why we should all focus on the value of home.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Brad Wilcox to discuss the surprising decline in divorces since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculate why this is the case.

This week on Family Policy Matters , host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with ERLC's Chelsea Patterson Sobolik to discuss the difficult but enormously important topic of the Chinese Communist Party's genocide of the Uyghur Muslim people. Sobolik details the horrors inflicted upon the Uyghurs, and shares how we as individuals and as a nation can respond to this modern-day genocide.