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.

Thoughtful Thursday: Voting

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00November 7th, 2014|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Latest News, Uncategorized|

Even though Election Day has come and gone, we can [...]

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Tips for School Visits

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00November 4th, 2014|Categories: College Bound Students, Featured, Uncategorized|

If your son is applying to boarding school or college [...]

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Reality Check: Pre-School and Kindergarten Admissions

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00November 1st, 2014|Categories: Admissions, Ages 0-5, Featured, Parents, Resources|

O.K. all you parents who are either in the midst [...]

GCP Event: Great Advice on Raising Boys from Kathryn Chenault

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00November 1st, 2014|Categories: Motivators, Uncategorized|

On Saturday GCP had another live event: A conversation with [...]

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Welcome to the New and Improved Ground Control Parenting!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00October 31st, 2014|Categories: Latest News|

GCP has a new look! The new and improved site [...]

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GCP Event: Great Advice on Raising Boys from Kathryn Chenault

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00October 30th, 2014|Categories: Experts, Guest Bloggers, Latest News, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

GCP recently had another live event: A conversation with GCP mom [...]

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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.