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Welcome to GCP

Carol Sutton Lewis
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Welcome to Ground Control Parenting, a resource for parents of Black and Brown children. Here you will find parenting tips to help develop smart, thoughtful, confident boys and girls. 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 and girls 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?  We’ve got answers.  Scroll down to see our latest posts, and click on “POSTS” in the menu above to find many more.

 

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Fight Pandemic Learning Loss with Learning Heroes

By |September 13th, 2022|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Now that your kids have settled back into school are [...]

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Parenting in the Age of Mass Shootings: Guiding Our Children Through Fear and Uncertainty

By |May 17th, 2022|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

It's happening on a horrifyingly regular basis:  innocent people in [...]

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How To Talk With Your Kids About Ukraine

By |March 14th, 2022|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , |

    Just when we thought we could catch our [...]

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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.

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