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.

It’s Not You, It’s Him: Teen Boys Have Trouble With Empathy

By groundcontrolparenting|2013-10-22T18:24:49-04:00October 22nd, 2013|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Experts, Parents|Tags: Ground Control Parenting, teen boys|

The Wall Street Journal recently revealed news which should gladden [...]

When Is it OK to Let Our Sons Fail, and When is it Not?

By groundcontrolparenting|2013-10-18T10:35:00-04:00October 18th, 2013|Categories: Parents, Saving Our Sons|

When is it good to help our boys, and when [...]

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Expanding College Opportunities

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:38:03-04:00October 16th, 2013|Categories: College Bound Students, Resources|

Yesterday's post focused on talking to babies; today we are [...]

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Give Your Child a Head Start on Life: Tune In, Talk More, and Take Turns

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:38:03-04:00October 15th, 2013|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents, Resources|

Did you know that the number of words a child is [...]

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Education Nation: Parent’s Toolkit

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:38:04-04:00October 8th, 2013|Categories: Academics, Parents, Resources|Tags: education nation, Ground Control Parenting, parent tool kit, what it takes|

GCP spent the last two days at NBC's Education Nation [...]

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All Star Code: Creating Tech Career Opportunities for Our Sons

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:38:04-04:00October 2nd, 2013|Categories: Academics, Parents|Tags: All Star Code, Christina Lewis Halpern, Ground Control Parenting|

Does your teenaged son have an interest in a tech, [...]

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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.