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
Summer Learning Fun: Museums Making Math Cool
Parents can use all the help we can get to [...]
10 Things We Can Do to Help Our Sons Find Academic Success
Ebony Magazine has been running a series of special reports [...]
Summer Learning, Summer Fun
If school is not out already for your sons, they [...]
A Bit of Mother’s Day Inspiration
It has been a long Mother’s Day (spending the morning [...]
Today is National Teacher Day!
It is National Teacher Day! Let's take a few moments [...]
Watch “The Big Brain Theory” on the Discovery Channel
Are you or your sons STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [...]
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.
Thoughtful Thursday: Kevin Young and James Baldwin
Today's Thoughtful Thursday celebrates the poet Kevin Young, who is [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Keeping it Real with Ross Gay
Today's Thoughtful Thursday is a solo show by the poet [...]