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
Financial Literacy for Children
Today's Wall Street Journal includes a story of how one [...]
Boy Books!
Here's a list of "Boy Books", courtesy of the Eagle [...]
Top Universities Offering Free Online Classes
We at GCP are keenly focused on the advances in [...]
It’s Teacher Appreciation Day!
Take a minute to stop and think about how a [...]
The Great Debates 2012
You may have known that the film "The Great Debaters", [...]
Lose Your Inner Ostrich!
Last week GCP attended a Common Sense Media lunch where [...]
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.
How Do We Talk To Our Children About the Charleston Massacre?
With great sorrow we turn yet again to the topic [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrating Black Music Month
Did you know that June is African-American Music Appreciation Month? [...]