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.

Helping Our Kids Deal With Racial Insensitivity

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:40-04:00July 16th, 2019|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

The NYT article "When a Black Student Plays Along With [...]

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It’s National Summer Learning Week! How Are You Celebrating?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:40-04:00July 9th, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

National Summer Learning Week, July 8 - 13, is a [...]

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Summer Reading Starts NOW!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:40-04:00July 2nd, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, Featured, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Summer's here and it's time to make sure your kids [...]

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School Year-End Tips

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:40-04:00June 25th, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

School's out or almost out for most of [...]

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Big Boys Do Cry…And It’s Fine

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:40-04:00June 21st, 2019|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Entertainment, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Saving Our Sons|

Last night I watched the first few minutes of the [...]

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Raising Boys

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:40-04:00June 18th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

When we talk about raising boys, we often speak of [...]

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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.