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.

Is There A Baby in Your Life? You Need To Know The Basics

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:59:48-04:00February 21st, 2020|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, Early Childhood Education, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice, The Basics|

To all you new moms (and friends of new moms [...]

It’s Black History Month: Share Your History With Your Children

By groundcontrolparenting|2024-01-19T14:54:36-05:00February 5th, 2020|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black history, black history month, family tree, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting Advice|

It is Black History Month! We all know what this [...]

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Universal Access to High Quality Early Childcare is Key. Why Isn’t It A Priority?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 29th, 2020|Categories: Ages 0-4, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: babies, baby brain development, black parenting, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting|

Children's brains grow explosively during the first three years of [...]

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Coping with The Kobe News: Parents, Here’s Help

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 27th, 2020|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

This is a really tough one. The tragic deaths of [...]

The Inside Guide to NYC Parenting – Back in April 2020!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 24th, 2020|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, college admissions, education, Ground Control Parenting, middle school, Parenting Advice|

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

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Is Your Son a Reluctant Reader? This Can Help!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 14th, 2020|Categories: Academics, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice, reading, what it takes|

Is your son in grades K-5 a reluctant reader? David [...]

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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.