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.

Tips for Parenting Anxious Children

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:45:17-04:00December 20th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Anxiety is a normal and developmentally appropriate emotion in children [...]

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Tell Your Children About Alabama: Voting Matters!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2017-12-13T13:03:38-05:00December 13th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

As we hope everyone knows, last night the state of [...]

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Summer Camp Planning

By groundcontrolparenting|2017-12-06T00:41:17-05:00December 6th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, 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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Tough but Important: Talking to Our Children about Sexual Harassment

By groundcontrolparenting|2017-11-30T18:02:12-05:00November 30th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

As a seemingly endless stream of public figures are being [...]

Are We Raising Grateful Children?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:43-04:00November 14th, 2017|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

We know it is important to teach our children to [...]

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Checking In on the School Front

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:43-04:00November 7th, 2017|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

The school year is in full swing now. Children have [...]

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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.