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.

Ways to Stay in 2017

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00January 5th, 2017|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Happy New Year GCP! Every year we all talk about [...]

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Tell Your Sons About Caylin Moore

By admin|2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00December 31st, 2016|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, College Bound Students, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Here's an inspiring story to tell your sons about as [...]

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Family Holiday Fun: Board Games!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:55-04:00December 26th, 2016|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents|

Holiday vacation time with the kids! At some point they [...]

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Merry Christmas from Ground Control Parenting!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:55-04:00December 25th, 2016|Categories: Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents, Resources|

Hope you and your families are enjoying a very Merry [...]

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What Do We Tell Our Children About the Election?

By admin|2023-05-21T17:42:56-04:00November 9th, 2016|Categories: Experts, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Well, the sun did rise this morning, and we now [...]

Read Rice & Rocks With Your Sons!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:56-04:00November 6th, 2016|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Books, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|

Looking for a wonderful picture book celebrating culture and diversity [...]

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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.