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

Parent Teacher Relationships: How Do You Manage Them?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:36:17-04:00January 12th, 2013|Categories: Parents|

A recent NY Times online article, "The Dicey Parent-Teacher Duet" [...]

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Good Teachers Really Do Make A Difference

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:36:17-04:00January 9th, 2013|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12|

Good teaching matters, and good teachers can make the difference [...]

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Redskins’ Alfred Morris: Good Home Training

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:36:17-04:00January 6th, 2013|Categories: Motivators, Sports|

As I write, the Washington Redskins are battling the Seattle [...]

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GCP in the News: The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:36:18-04:00January 4th, 2013|Categories: Saving Our Sons|Tags: News|

We were delighted to recently learn that a GCP post, [...]

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The Power of Dreaming Big: NFL Player Predicts His Future in Fourth Grade

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:36:18-04:00January 2nd, 2013|Categories: Ages 8-12, Motivators, Sports|

Let's start the New Year off on an inspirational and [...]

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Happy New Year!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:36:18-04:00January 1st, 2013|Categories: Holidays|

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Ground Control Parenting! [...]

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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.