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
The Science of Sports
Do you have a middle schooler who loves sports and [...]
SEO Scholars Program: Closing the Achievement Gap
A few days ago, GCP attended the Sponsors for Educational [...]
Boy Trouble
Today's NY Daily News features a piece by Rishawn Biddle, [...]
A Teacher’s Perspective on Parent-Teacher Clashes
Yesterday's New York Times "Motherlode Blog", found here, featured advice [...]
The Importance of Being Disconnected
While walking down a busy city street a few days [...]
Portland High School’s Impressive AP Math Class
A recent story from a Portland high school, found here, [...]
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: Dunbar, Walker and Spring
Today's Thoughtful Thursday features poems from two iconic African-American poets, [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Graduation Quotes
It is graduation season, and speakers everywhere are polishing up [...]