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.

How to Rate and Review GCP Podcast on Apple Podcasts

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:38-04:00February 3rd, 2021|Categories: Featured, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources|Tags: black parenting, GCPPodcast, Ground Control Parenting, podcast, ratings, reviews|

I end each post about the podcast by asking you [...]

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Celebrating Black History Month 2021

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:38-04:00February 1st, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: black history month, black parenting, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting|

Here at GCP we celebrate Black History every month. But [...]

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Making The Best of It with Nancy Redd

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:38-04:00January 27th, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: Bedtime Bonnet, black parenting, black podcast, GCP podcast, groundcontrolparenting, groundcontrolparentingpodcast, Nancy Redd, podcast|

In this week's podcast episode, Making the Best of It [...]

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Getting Smart About Art with Franklin Sirmans

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:38-04:00January 22nd, 2021|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Tags: African American art, art, art education, black art, black parenting, education, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting Advice|

Why show art to an infant? Why should we encourage [...]

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Standardized Test Success with David Coleman

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:56:59-04:00January 14th, 2021|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Math, Parents, Podcast, Resources|Tags: black parenting, college admissions, education, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting, Parenting Advice|

Have you been thinking/worrying about how your child does on [...]

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GCP Recap and More!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:00-04:00December 30th, 2020|Categories: Entertainment, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Uncategorized|Tags: black parenting, GCP podcast, Ground Control Parenting, ground control parenting podcast, Parenting, Parenting Advice, podcast|

As we say our final goodbyes to 2020 (and not [...]

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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.