It's a family affair this week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis, as we feature my cousin, producer and political & social activist Keisha Sutton-James. Keisha talks about the important lessons she learned growing up with her grandfather, civil rights leader, politician and businessman Percy E. Sutton, how they shaped her life and how she shares these [...]
Excited for the holidays? Not Really? This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis features child and adolescent psychiatrist and our resident stress expert, Stanford University’s Dr. Victor Carrion! Listen to our conversation to hear advice on how to get our families and ourselves through this pandemic holiday season. Hear him explain why we need to take [...]
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis features a great conversation with Erica Reid, the best-selling author, healthy living expert, and Founder and CEO of health and wellness living platform nécessité. You’ll love hearing Erica relate how her passion for parenting, combined with her determination to improve her children’s health, led her to becoming a best [...]
As we continue with Season 2 of the Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis podcast, this week brings us some amazing Black Mom Wisdom from acclaimed actors and good friends LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Pauletta Washington. You can hear it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and many other podcast spots, as well as here on the Ground Control [...]
We're back with Season 2 of Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis!!! We're starting the season with a topic on which I know lots of parents are focused: Learning in the time of COVID-19. How are our kids doing in "school" and what can we do to help them learn? In Season 2 opener I'm talking with education [...]
Are the upcoming elections filling you with angst? Are you wondering how to talk to kids about them? Check out the bonus Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis podcast episode, released today, "Coping with Election Anxiety". In this brief (12 min.) episode, I chat with Stanford psychiatrist and professor Dr. Victor Carrion, who gives us great tips on [...]
As school is finally back in session for NYC public schools this week, and classes have already resumed (in person or remotely) elsewhere across the nation, and we all head into MONTH SEVEN of this pandemic, how are you doing? In addition to taking care of your family, are you taking care of yourself? Two guests from Season One [...]
It's time for Part 2 of The GCP Bonus Round Quiz! Below are favorite poems, children's books and TV/film/theater parents from six more guests from Season One. Just as you did last week, take a look at their favorites –– you may find some more new books, poems and shows to enjoy with your families. Can you match these guests with their [...]
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis features Dr. Victor Carrion. Dr. Victor Carrion, the John A. Turner. M.D. Endowed Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford University and Director of its Early Life Stress and Resilience Program, offers advice and resources to help parents manage their concerns and expectations as children return to school [...]
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis: Anne Williams-Isom, Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies at Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service and former CEO of The Harlem Children's Zone. Anne is a passionate child and family advocate who shares her extensive professional expertise and her remarkably good common sense in this great parenting conversation. [...]