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

What To Do When The Road Gets Rocky (And It Will)

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 28th, 2012|Categories: Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

Here are more words of wisdom from Anne Williams-Isom and [...]

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“American Promise”: A Work In Progress

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 27th, 2012|Categories: Entertainment|

When husband and wife filmmaking team Michèle Stephenson and Joe [...]

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The Importance of Access

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 26th, 2012|Categories: Parents, Resources, Saving Our Sons|

"To Be Black at Stuyvesant High", an article in today's [...]

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New Hampshire Parents Gain Control Over School Curriculum

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 23rd, 2012|Categories: Academics, Parents|Tags: News|

The New Hampshire Legislature recently voted to give parents more [...]

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How To Choose the Best School for Your Son

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 21st, 2012|Categories: Academics, Admissions, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12|Tags: Parenting Advice|

Today’s post comes from Anne Williams-Isom and Jennifer Jones Austin. [...]

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Help Our Sons Learn Our History: Advice from Julian Bond

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T16:19:56-04:00February 17th, 2012|Categories: Academics, Experts, Sports|Tags: civil rights|

Yesterday evening GCP attended "A Conversation with Julian Bond and [...]

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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.