ABOUT US
Carol Sutton Lewis
Founder
Welcome to Ground Control Parenting (GCP), a resource for parents of Black and Brown boys. Here you will find parenting tips to help develop smart, thoughtful, confident boys and young men. We are especially focused on issues of identity and education.
Ground Control Parenting offers practical information about and resources for what works. Want to know what can spark the love of learning for our boys from birth? How to keep them engaged in school from nursery through high school? How to help them understand their history and be prepared for their future? How to help them feel good about themselves along the way? You can find that and more here.
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THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY: POETRY AND MORE
GCP offers poetry and words of inspiration in our Thoughtful Thursday posts. We focus on a theme for each Thursday and include works from poets of color across the generations. Share with your children and enjoy.
Thoughtful Thursday: On the Road
Greetings from France! GCP is on the road this week, with limited access to the blog, but we don't want to miss the chance to share a Thoughtful Thursday. Today's Thoughtful Thursday celebrates vacations, with poems from three very well-known American poets. From Robert Frost [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: The Pleasures of Reading
Earlier this week the American Academy of Pediatrics announced a policy recommending that pediatricians tell parents to read aloud to their infants from birth. In support of this new policy, today's Thoughtful Thursday celebrates the pleasures of reading. Hope these poems inspire you to read [...]
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