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.

Helping Your Children Make Smart Money Moves

By groundcontrolparenting|2024-01-19T14:33:56-05:00May 26th, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast|Tags: black parenting, education, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting, Parenting Advice|

Today's podcast is especially for all you parents who regularly [...]

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Helping Your Children Manage Tech!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 18th, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Podcast, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice|

In this week’s Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis [...]

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Intergenerational Parenting Wisdom Helps Us All

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 17th, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting Advice|

I’ve been thinking about how parents raising kids of differing [...]

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Moms: Thank You For Your Service

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 9th, 2021|Categories: Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|Tags: Ground Control Parenting, Parenting|

Happy Mother's Day! To all the moms, stepmoms, bonus [...]

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Building a Village with Elizabeth Alexander is LIVE!!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 5th, 2021|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources|

I can’t wait for you to hear the next #GCP [...]

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#GCP’s First IG Live!! ICYMI: Details and The Link

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 29th, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Books, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting, Parenting Advice, what it takes|

We had such a great conversation with Dr. Janice Johnson [...]

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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.