The Heritage Foundation's Family Facts - Station Resources

When you say, "public policy think tank" a few prestigious organizations come to mind and certainly The Heritage Foundation would top the list!  Since 1973 the Foundation has enjoyed a national platform for research and education.  They not only promote conservative public policy, they're at the grass roots of formulating ...

In its first month, the new "Family Facts" short feature has delivered topics ranging from the emotional health of teenagers, single mothers in poverty, and the integrity of church attenders. Every day, we're bombarded by news and statistics affecting today's families, but how can we know that these figures are ...

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. - Billy Graham Fathers are mocked in TV sitcoms, declared unnecessary by feminists, and ignored by government social programs, but research and common sense say otherwise. It's been ...

With all that's been reported in the news recently regarding marriage, a new chart from Heritage's FamilyFacts.org bears some good news. Recent marriages are lasting longer.  Commitment to marriage steadily declined from 1960 to the early 1980s, but as the chart highlights, this pattern is starting to reverse. Nearly 75 ...

The back to school season is upon us and all this month, content on the "Family Facts" program from The Heritage Foundation focuses on the relationship between family structure and educational achievement levels. Heritage research shows that from elementary through high school, students from intact families tend to do better ...