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.

Lesson Planning for the Homeschooling Week Ahead

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 22nd, 2020|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: back-to-school, black parenting, education, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, what it takes|

My mom taught 5th grade and was a reading specialist [...]

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Online Learning Resources: Homeschooling Help

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 18th, 2020|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: coronavirus, education, Ground Control Parenting, homeschooling, Parenting, Parenting Advice, remote learning, what it takes|

Remote Learning, Homeschooling, it's a new day, and we need [...]

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Online Resource Help–Here’s a Selma History Lesson

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 17th, 2020|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Starting today GCP will be posting free online resources to [...]

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Coronavirus: Do’s and Don’ts for Parents

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, coronavirus, education, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice|

Welp, here we are. Facing the surreality of coping with [...]

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The Inside Guide to NYC Parenting is Coming Next Month!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00March 3rd, 2020|Categories: Academics, Admissions, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources|Tags: education, Ground Control Parenting, Inside Guide to New York City Parenting, NYC Parenting, what it takes|

The Inside Guide to NYC Parenting is coming to back to [...]

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Inspirational Black History: Celebrating Some of Our Earliest College Grads

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00February 26th, 2020|Categories: Academics, College Bound Students, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black graduates, black history month, black parenting, education, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice|

Alexander Twilight, Middlebury College, Class of 1823 Today, in [...]

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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.