Welcome to GCP

Carol Sutton Lewis
Founder
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.
Latest Posts
WEDNESDAY 8/5 on GCP with CSL: Marc Morial and Michelle Miller
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis: Our [...]
TOMORROW on GCP with CSL: Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis: [...]
Coming WEDNESDAY on GCP with CSL Podcast: Depelsha McGruder
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis: [...]
TOMORROW on GCP with CSL Podcast: Anne Williams-Isom
This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis: [...]
What To America Is The Fourth of July?
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address [...]
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: Celebration of Lives
As we wrap up the second full month of lockdown, [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Ahmaud Arbery
We know this horrific story, we've heard it too many [...]











