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.

Encouraging Sibling Chill: 5 Ways to Promote the Peace

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|

Worried about how your kids are getting (or not getting) [...]

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Thoughtful Thursday: Never Forget

By admin|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Sixteen years ago we watched in horror as terrorists took [...]

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Are You OK? Focusing on Our Sons’ Mental Health

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00September 12th, 2017|Categories: Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Did you know that this week --September 10-16--is National Suicide [...]

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GCP Back to School Checklist: To Do’s and Don’t Do’s

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00September 5th, 2017|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

It's September, time to head Back to School with GCP! [...]

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Dropping Our Youngest at College

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00August 29th, 2017|Categories: College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|

I began this process as I do with so many [...]

The “Baby” is Off to College! What’s Next?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Categories: College Bound Students, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|

Greetings GCP'ers! I'm back from a break from regular posting. [...]

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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.