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.

Creative Ways to Celebrate MLK’s Birthday With Your Children

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:04-04:00January 15th, 2019|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|

If you are looking for interesting ways to enable your [...]

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Could Your Child Use Some Help Making Friends?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:05-04:00January 9th, 2019|Categories: Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Uncategorized|

Do you think your son needs a little help making [...]

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Ground Control Parenting 2019: New Look, Same Goals!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:05-04:00January 1st, 2019|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|

Happy New Year, GCP’ers!! Hope you had fun welcoming in [...]

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Books for Boys for Christmas

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:56:05-04:00December 18th, 2018|Categories: Academics, Books, Featured, Latest News, Resources|

Scrambling to finish your Christmas shopping this week? Why not [...]

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Parenting and Social Media: Are You a Peacock or an Ostrich?

By groundcontrolparenting|2018-12-11T07:33:58-05:00December 11th, 2018|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Resources|

Do you have an Instagram account? Is it filled with [...]

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Time to Focus on Summer Plans

By groundcontrolparenting|2018-12-04T23:22:08-05:00December 4th, 2018|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs, Uncategorized|

Summer camp planning in December? Yes! It is not too [...]

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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.