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.

Carol Sutton Lewis Named to My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: Motivators, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

GCP Founder Carol Sutton Lewis has been appointed to President [...]

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GCP Live at Chautaqua Institution

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: College Bound Students, Experts, Parents, Uncategorized|

This Friday, July 10, I will be participating in a [...]

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GCP Parenting News

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00July 8th, 2015|Categories: College Bound Students, Experts, Resources, Uncategorized|

We've been surfing the web doing research in preparation for [...]

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When Bad Things Happen in Church: Calming Our Children’s Fears

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00June 26th, 2015|Categories: Interviews, Uncategorized|

One of the many horrific things about the Charleston massacre [...]

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Fight Summer Slide with Apps and Games

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00June 10th, 2015|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs|

As summer vacations begin, so does the "summer slide", where [...]

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Parenting and Social Media: Are you a Peacock or an Ostrich?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T17:41:58-04:00June 4th, 2015|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|

Do you have an Instagram account? Is it filled with [...]

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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.