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.

Young Brothers Raking in the College Acceptances

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00April 1st, 2014|Categories: Ages 16-18, College Bound Students|

Time for some good and inspirational news: Three young African [...]

Is Your Sitter Paying More Attention to Her Phone Than To Your Child?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:42:03-04:00March 25th, 2014|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Parents|

Have you thought about how much time your babysitter spends [...]

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Black Folks Are Missing From Children’s Books

By groundcontrolparenting|2014-03-18T18:37:31-04:00March 18th, 2014|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Books, Parents|

Celebrated children's and young adult book author Walter Dean Myers [...]

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Black Boys Lose Assumption of Innocence at an Early Age

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:41:23-04:00March 12th, 2014|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 5-7, Parents, Saving Our Sons|

Black boys as young as 10 years old are more [...]

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The New SAT: What to Expect

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:41:23-04:00March 8th, 2014|Categories: Ages 16-18, College Bound Students, Parents|

By now many of you who are focused on high [...]

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Obama Launches “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative Today

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:41:23-04:00February 27th, 2014|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

This afternoon President Obama will announce the launch of an [...]

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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.