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.

How Do We Talk to Our Sons About the Philando Castile Verdict?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00June 17th, 2017|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Just writing this title makes me weary and sad. Yet [...]

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Show Your Sons: Dante Pearson, Wharton MBA’17 Student Speaker

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Academics, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Saving Our Sons|

Last weekend Wharton MBA's graduates heard an amazing speech from [...]

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Good News from D.C., for a Change: Ron Brown College Prep School

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 20th, 2017|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Not much good news has been coming out of D.C. [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day from GCP!

By admin|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 14th, 2017|Categories: Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|

Happy Mother's Day, GCP Moms! Whether you will be surrounded [...]

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Educational Inspiration from Eagle Academy

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 10th, 2017|Categories: Academics, College Bound Students, Entertainment, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Last week GCP had the pleasure of attending Eagle Academy [...]

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How Do We Talk With Our Sons About Jordan Reynolds?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 4th, 2017|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

By now we have all heard about Jordan Reynolds, the [...]

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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.