Merry Christmas from GCP!!!
Merry Christmas to you and yours from GCP!! Hoping you and your family had a great Christmas Day. Be sure [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Soon It Will Be Christmas Day!!
In less than a week Christmas will be here! In celebration, today's Thoughtful Thursday brings some of our favorite Christmas [...]
Mental Health in the Black Community: Part 2
Continuing the conversation about mental health in the Black community: I grew up hearing that our people didn't have time [...]
Rising Rates of Black Teen Suicides: What Can Parents Do?
For years many of us have heard (and said) that Black people don't commit suicide. But the data on this [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”
On this Thoughtful Thursday, as temperatures drop below freezing in the North East, our thoughts turn to poems about the [...]
Protecting Our Sons from Online Sextortion
Let's face it, unless you happen to be a gamer yourself it is easy to take a fairly hands-off approach [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Crystal Williams and Marilyn Nelson
Today's Thoughtful Thursday features two award-winning African American female poets whose work is new to us, although these poets have [...]
Time for Summer Camp Planning
It's December, and as winter storms sweep across the nation, it's time...to plan summertime activities! Believe it or not, it [...]
Thanksgiving Family Dinner Do’s and Don’ts
With Thanksgiving a few days away, everyone is gearing up for family gatherings and good eating. Whether there are just [...]
Follow Ground Control Parenting on Instagram: @groundcontrolparenting
GCP's on IG! We want to expand the conversation about raising our boys of color–and our girls too– so we've [...]