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.

#GCP is Going LIVE on Instagram THURSDAY 4/29, 4PM EST!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 28th, 2021|Categories: Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting, Parenting Advice, what it takes|

I'm going live on Instagram TOMORROW, 4/29, at 4pm [...]

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Are YOU Parenting Like It Matters?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 28th, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting, Parenting Advice, what it takes|

It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day details [...]

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How Art Can Be A Parent’s Best Friend! The Latest #GCP Podcast

By groundcontrolparenting|2024-01-19T14:37:39-05:00April 21st, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Uncategorized|Tags: African American art, education, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting Advice|

Are your children getting enough ART in their lives? As [...]

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#GCP Podcast Season 3 Premiere: How To Have The College Conversation

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 13th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

And We're Back with Season 3!!! New Season, New Look!! [...]

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The GCP Podcast Season Two Rewind!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:38-04:00February 10th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

The second season of Ground Control Parenting with Carol [...]

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An Adoption Journey with Caroline Clarke

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:38-04:00February 3rd, 2021|Categories: Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, podcast|

In this week's episode, My Adoption Journey, author, journalist and broadcaster Caroline [...]

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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.