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.

Are “Two Codes” the Keys To Success in Life? So Says The College Board

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00February 13th, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 16-18, Books, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|

A recent NY Times column highlights an initiative from the [...]

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Tell Your Sons About Baseball Great Frank Robinson

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00February 8th, 2019|Categories: Cultural, Entertainment, Featured, Latest News, Sports|

Baseball legend Frank Robinson passed away this week at 83. [...]

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Welcome to the New Look of GCP!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00February 7th, 2019|Categories: Featured, Latest News|

New logo, new look, but the same focus on parenting [...]

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Black History Month To Do’s

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00February 5th, 2019|Categories: Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents|

So here we are in February, Black History Month. As [...]

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Are Your Children Looking at College Websites Online? Tell Them Every Click Counts

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00January 29th, 2019|Categories: Admissions, Ages 16-18, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Do you have a high schooler in the college hunt? [...]

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Parents: Time for A Mid Year Check-in

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00January 23rd, 2019|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Now that our children are back in school after the [...]

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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.