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.

Lots of Great Back-to-School Tips for Parents

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:50:06-04:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

GCP co-hosted the Back-to-School #ReadinessCheck Chat last Wednesday, along with [...]

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Join GCP in a Back-To-School Twitter Chat on Wednesday, August 22!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:50:06-04:00August 21st, 2018|Categories: Academics, Books, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources|

Tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM (Eastern Standard Time), please join [...]

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Parents, Check Out These Great Back-to-School Resources!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:50:06-04:00August 14th, 2018|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Math, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

GCP parents, it's time to get focused on helping our [...]

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Insider Tips on the College Admissions Process

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:50:06-04:00August 9th, 2018|Categories: Academics, Admissions, Ages 16-18, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Yesterday GCP and Independent School Diversity Network (ISDN) hosted an [...]

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Inspirational: LeBron James’ I Promise School

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:50:06-04:00August 1st, 2018|Categories: Academics, Admissions, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

LeBron James may have taken his talents to the LA [...]

Summer School for Parents

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:50:06-04:00July 31st, 2018|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

GCP Parents, hope you and your families are having a [...]

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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.