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.

Eye Damage From Too Much Screen Use is Real: How To Protect Your Children’s Eyes

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00April 23rd, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Our children are spending a lot of time with screens [...]

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Happy Earth Day! Tips for Celebrating With Your Sons

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00April 22nd, 2017|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|

Happy Earth Day! Here's what you should know about today: [...]

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Having Just One Black Teacher Can Keep Our Kids in School

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:43:21-04:00April 14th, 2017|Categories: Academics, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

How important is it for our kids from lower-income households [...]

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Tell Your Sons About Myron Rolle: NFL Player Turned Neurosurgeon

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:43:21-04:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Academics, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

When Myron Rolle was 17 and a promising football player [...]

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What’s in Your Parent Playbook?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00April 6th, 2017|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

I was having a conversation with a wise mom recently [...]

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Saving Our Sons: Helping Them Cope with Mental Health Issues

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00March 25th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

The stigma of talking about mental health issues is alive [...]

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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.