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.

Good News from Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy: College Edition

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00June 18th, 2014|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18|Tags: News|

As many of you regular GCP readers may know, for [...]

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Do Violent Video Games Desensitize Our Sons to Actual Violence?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00June 16th, 2014|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Featured|Tags: boys, desensitizing, Parenting, video games, violence|

As the shootings in schools, malls, and other public places [...]

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Happy Father’s Day

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00June 15th, 2014|Categories: Holidays|

Happy Father's Day from GCP! Although we frown slightly at [...]

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Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Campaign

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00May 28th, 2014|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 8-12, Books, Entertainment|

Remember "Reading Rainbow"? That delightful children's series which encouraged reading, [...]

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Thank A Teacher!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00May 26th, 2014|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents, Resources|

Although Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5-9) has come and gone, [...]

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Hit the Road! Vacationing with Kids

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00May 22nd, 2014|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Holidays, Parents, Resources|

As summer approaches, thoughts turn to family vacations. We at [...]

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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.