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 Camp Recommendations
Rachel Christmas Derrick, whose thoughtful piece on Affirmative Action you [...]
J.R. Smith and The Power of Mentoring
New York Knicks shooting guard J.R.Smith recently received the NBA's [...]
Talking To Your Children about Boston
As we continue to hear news from Boston following the [...]
A.D.H.D. Diagnoses On The Rise: Overdue or Overuse?
Nearly one in five high school age boys in the [...]
Tell Your Sons About Kevin Ware
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he [...]
Getting Ready for Summer: Camps
The Summer Camp search season, which began in January, is [...]
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: It’s Spring!
It's officially Spring! To celebrate the season, the Spring Breaks [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Some Irish Blessings For Us All
March 17th is St. Patrick's Day. While skimming through poetry [...]