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.

GCP in 2020: New Year, Same Goals!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 11th, 2020|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources|

Happy New Year to all from GCP! I'm back from [...]

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GCP Chats with RIISE about Social Media and more!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources|Tags: education, Ground Control Parenting, Instagram, Parenting, Parenting Advice, social media, tic toc|

Happy New Year! The GCP vision for 2020 will be [...]

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Merry Christmas from GCP!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00December 25th, 2019|Categories: Cultural, Entertainment, Featured, Holidays, Latest News|

Merry Christmas to you and yours from GCP!! Hoping you [...]

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Mental Health in the Black Community: Part 2

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:54-04:00December 18th, 2019|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Entertainment, Featured, Latest News, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|Tags: black mental health, mental health, Parenting, Parenting Advice, the daily show|

Continuing the conversation about mental health in the Black community: [...]

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Rising Rates of Black Teen Suicides: What Can Parents Do?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:55-04:00December 17th, 2019|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|Tags: Black youth suicide, depression, Parenting, Parenting Advice, suicide, therapy|

For years many of us have heard (and said) that [...]

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Protecting Our Sons from Online Sextortion

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:58:55-04:00December 10th, 2019|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Saving Our Sons|

Let's face it, unless you happen to be a gamer [...]

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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.