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.

Latest Posts

New Report: Time to Focus on Reading

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:36-04:00May 19th, 2014|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books|

Common Sense Media has recently issued a report on children, [...]

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Tell Your Sons: Tech It Off — October 10th, 8-9pm

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00May 14th, 2014|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Resources|Tags: TechItOff, technology|

Diane Primo, founder and chairman of marketing company IntraLink Global [...]

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Quick Study Tips for Tests

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00May 12th, 2014|Categories: Academics, Admissions, Books, Resources|

As finals and other year end tests approach, pass on [...]

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Inspiration from the Sports World for our Sons

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00May 7th, 2014|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Motivators, Parents, Sports|

Some inspiration for our boys from the world of sports: [...]

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Great Websites for Parents!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00May 5th, 2014|Categories: Parents, Resources|

As we do from time to time, GCP has scouted [...]

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Boys and the Power of 8th Grade Grades

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00May 1st, 2014|Categories: Academics, Ages 8-12, Saving Our Sons|

In a recent report on gender, economic mobility and college [...]

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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.