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.

HAMILTON SOUNDTRACK. GET IT. NOW.

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00November 4th, 2015|Categories: Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Uncategorized|

Unless you have been sleeping under a rock, you know [...]

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Know Your Sons’ Friends

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00October 7th, 2015|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

As I talked with a good friend recently about our [...]

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GCP Parent’s Checklist for Getting a Good Start on the School Year

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00September 30th, 2015|Categories: Academics, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Hope all of your sons are settling well into the [...]

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Conscious Parenting: Tips on Giving Your Sons Constructive Criticism

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00September 13th, 2015|Categories: Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Giving constructive criticism to our sons so that they hear [...]

Happy Grandparent’s Day!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00September 13th, 2015|Categories: Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Resources|

Did you and your family know that Sunday September 13th [...]

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Tell Your Sons: Remembering 9/11

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00September 12th, 2015|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Few of us will ever forget where we were and [...]

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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.