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.

Read This: Stop Making Everything So Perfect For Your Kid

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:56-04:00June 29th, 2016|Categories: Academics, Experts, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Hello GCP Parents! Long time. Been working quite a bit [...]

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Check out the Parent’s #ToolkitTalk about Helping Our Sons TONIGHT at 7pm ET!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00March 15th, 2016|Categories: Academics, Parents, Resources|

Greetings GCPers, Haven't been posting as much recently -- been [...]

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It’s Black History Month: Share YOUR History

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00February 2nd, 2016|Categories: Ages 0-5, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

It is Black History Month! We all know what this [...]

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Helping Your Sons With Test Prep

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00December 17th, 2015|Categories: Academics, College Bound Students, Parents, Resources|

It is finals time for our high school and college [...]

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Thoughtful Thursday: Coping With Grief

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00November 19th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|

In the aftermath of the recent killings in Lebanon and [...]

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How Do We Talk to Our Sons About Terrorist Attacks?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00November 16th, 2015|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Over the years that GCP has been around, we have [...]

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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.