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.

Happy Mother’s Day from Ground Control Parenting!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:41-04:00May 12th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Uncategorized|

Happy Mother's Day! It's been a minute since the last [...]

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Discovering “The Formula” to Raising Highly Successful Children

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:00-04:00April 23rd, 2019|Categories: Academics, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

We've all heard about parenting styles that can hinder children's [...]

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Building Stronger Parent/Teacher Partnerships

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:00-04:00April 9th, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources|

Are you in partnership with your children's teachers to make [...]

How to Get the Most Out of Museum Visits with Your Children

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:00-04:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News|

When is the last time you were at a museum [...]

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The Deadline is TODAY: NY Times Summer Academy for High School Students

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:00-04:00March 25th, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 16-18, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Resources|

Would your high schooler be interested in spending two weeks [...]

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Update on Tani the Chess Champion: More Good News

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:57:00-04:00March 25th, 2019|Categories: Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Uncategorized|

We were all heartened to learn how 8 year old [...]

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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.