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.

Parent’s Guide to Social Networking 2.0

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00February 6th, 2018|Categories: Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Greetings GCP Parents, We posted this originally in 2011, but [...]

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What You Should Know About Flu Season 2018

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00January 30th, 2018|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources|

It may not come as news to you that there [...]

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Are Our Children Addicted to Smartphones?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00January 23rd, 2018|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

How much time do your children spend on their smartphones? [...]

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Playground Danger

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00January 17th, 2018|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

A recent New York Times article found here brings alarming [...]

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How to Talk to Our Sons about Gender Equality

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00January 10th, 2018|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Cultural, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Although more and more of the recent GCP posts have [...]

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Ready For 2018!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00December 31st, 2017|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

On the last day of 2017, GCP wants to wish [...]

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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.