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
Happy New Year from GCP!
A New Year with GCP!! In 2012 GCP will be [...]
Season’s Greetings from GCP!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Here's hoping that 2012 [...]
Opportunity for Black Men and Boys: Public Opinion, Media Depictions, and Media Consumption
The Opportunity Agenda, a non-profit organization focused on building the [...]
Robert Griffin III, Student And Athlete
Today's New York Times has a full-page ad courtesy of [...]
Cyberbullying: What to Know, What to Do
In an earlier post, GCP covered New Jersey Police Detective [...]
Letter from a Parent to a Teacher
Here's a "Letter from a Parent to His Son's Teacher" [...]
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: Poems About Race in America
Today's Thoughtful Thursday is a link to a New York [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Happy New Year from GCP!!
Today's Thoughtful Thursday will be not poetry or quotes but [...]