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.

Back to School: Parents, Don’t Forget Your A B E’s

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00September 10th, 2015|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|Tags: back-to-school, education|

So our sons are back in school, and settling into [...]

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Back to School Help for Parents Online

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00August 26th, 2015|Categories: Academics, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

GCP has been checking out back to school articles for [...]

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Honoring Julian Bond

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:42:27-04:00August 24th, 2015|Categories: Cultural, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators|

Civil rights and social justice activist Julian Bond, who died [...]

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Homework for Parents: End of Summer/Back to School

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:57-04:00August 5th, 2015|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

Parents, here is some help with getting your sons ready [...]

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Talk Back To GCP…Please?!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:57-04:00August 3rd, 2015|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|

Hello GCPers, It has been a while since a new [...]

GCP in the News: Parenting Panel at the Chautauqua Institution

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:57-04:00July 14th, 2015|Categories: Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|

The Chautauqua Institution presented a week of thoughtful and interesting [...]

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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.