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

And Now For Some Good News from Urban Academy Prep

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00April 3rd, 2012|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 8-12|Tags: News|

For the third year in a row, Chicago's Urban Academy [...]

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Tell Your Sons About Trayvon Martin

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 21st, 2012|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Saving Our Sons|

By now we imagine you are well aware that Black [...]

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Show This to Your Wannabe Final Four Star

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 15th, 2012|Categories: Sports|

Monday's "Room for Debate" topic at the New York Times.com [...]

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NYC Principals Cite Cultural Disconnect to Explain Greater Suspension Numbers for Black and Hispanic Students

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 12th, 2012|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Experts|Tags: News|

Several New York City principals have suggested that the disproportionate [...]

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Noteworthy News Items

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 7th, 2012|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 16-18|Tags: News|

Here are some noteworthy news items which have surfaced this [...]

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Mission U.S.: Helping Middle Schoolers Enjoy Learning American History

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00March 4th, 2012|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 8-12|

Mission U.S., a free online history game created by producers [...]

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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.