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
Education Issues in the News: The Latest Update
Ben Jealous responds to the growing opposition to the NAACP's [...]
Education Issues in the News–Update
Here's an update to our latest post: In today's NY [...]
Education Issues in the News
Education issues abound in the news these days, and we'd [...]
GCP Interview with Dr. Pedro Noguera, Pt. II: How to Pick the Right Schools For Your Child
In Part II of GCP’s interview with Dr. Pedro Noguera, [...]
Resume Building and Job Hunting Advice for Your College Student
With the post college job market looking pretty weak these [...]
2011 Scholarships for Black Students
BlackStudents.com offers an extensive list of scholarships of interest to [...]
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: Hope
As each day seems to bring new stories of tragedies [...]
Thoughtful Thursday: In Celebration of Women
Today's Thoughtful Thursday celebrates women. Women of all ages. While [...]