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.

Halloween Family Fun

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

Today and this weekend your children may be clamoring to [...]

Tips to Tell if Your Children Are Ready for Scary Movies

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00October 20th, 2014|Categories: Entertainment|

Halloween is upon us! High on the list of Halloween [...]

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5 “Teacher Tips” that Work for Parents Too

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00September 30th, 2014|Categories: Latest News|Tags: education, Parenting, tips|

Ever wonder how teachers manage to keep classrooms of students [...]

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Admissions Tips: Pre School and Beyond

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:43:43-04:00September 23rd, 2014|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Uncategorized|Tags: admissions, education, Parenting Advice, parenting advicee|

As school begins, for many parents so begins the process [...]

GCP: Back in Action, Back to School

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:35-04:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents, Resources|Tags: back-to-school, Common sense media, essence magazine, GCP, Ground Control Parenting, schoolhouse rock|

Greetings GCP'ers! Hope you enjoyed your summer break (we certainly [...]

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Are We Ruining Our Boys?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:35-04:00July 22nd, 2014|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Featured, Parents|

In a recent New York Times Motherlode blog post, the [...]

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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.