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.

President Obama’s Plan to Help African American Students Succeed

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:22:17-04:00July 28th, 2012|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12|Tags: News, President|

Last Thursday, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating The [...]

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Stanford Study Confirms: Fewer Black and Hispanic Students at Elite Colleges Than There Were Decades Ago

By groundcontrolparenting|2012-07-18T12:30:19-04:00July 18th, 2012|Categories: Ages 16-18, College Bound Students|Tags: News|

A study recently released by Stanford University's Center for Education [...]

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Better to be a Helicopter Parent or Let Your Kids Fail and Learn From Their Mistakes?

By groundcontrolparenting|2012-07-15T21:11:08-04:00July 15th, 2012|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents|

Today's New York Times "Room for Debate" discussion takes on [...]

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Happy Independence Day!!!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:20:54-04:00July 4th, 2012|Categories: Holidays|

Hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July celebration with [...]

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What’s Going On? Summer Edition, Part 1

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:20:54-04:00June 29th, 2012|Categories: Parents, Resources, Summer Camps and Programs|

Sorry that the posts have been a bit few and [...]

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How to Encourage Summer Reading

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:20:54-04:00June 18th, 2012|Categories: Books, Summer Camps and Programs|Tags: Summer|

Want to help your son improve his reading skills over [...]

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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.