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.

NPR Series: America’s Dropout Crisis

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:05-04:00July 25th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Entertainment|Tags: Call to Action, News|

This week National Public Radio is featuring a series called [...]

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Summer School for Parents

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:05-04:00July 20th, 2011|Categories: Parents, Resources|Tags: Summer|

Several months ago, GCP posted "Summer Planning", which listed ways [...]

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Say What? Black Men Survive Longer in Prison than on the Outside

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:05-04:00July 19th, 2011|Categories: Ages 16-18, Parents|Tags: Call to Action|

A study recently conducted by researchers at the University of [...]

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NYT “Room For Debate”: Educational Issues

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:05-04:00July 11th, 2011|Categories: Parents, Saving Our Sons|Tags: Call to Action|

The New York Times online has a series called "Room [...]

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The Educational Crisis of Young Men of Color

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:05-04:00June 20th, 2011|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Parents, Saving Our Sons|Tags: Call to Action|

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Director of Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois Institute [...]

The High (Hidden) Costs of Private School

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:05-04:00June 8th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Admissions, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents|Tags: Money|

"Push for A's at Private School is Keeping Costly Tutors [...]

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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.