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

Dr. Pedro Noguera to Parents: Pay Attention, Stay Involved

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:06-04:00May 18th, 2011|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Guest Bloggers, Interviews, Parents|

Dr. Pedro Noguera is the Peter Agnew Professor of Teaching [...]

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Tell Us Something Good: Have Racially Sensitive Teachers Helped Your Child?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:06-04:00May 6th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Parents|Tags: Call to Action|

GCP wants to hear from YOU about how teachers and [...]

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Dr. Michael G. Thompson: Helping Parents Raise Their Sons

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:06-04:00April 27th, 2011|Categories: Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Guest Bloggers, Interviews, Motivators, Parents, Resources|

Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D. is a psychologist and school consultant [...]

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Summer Planning

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:52:06-04:00April 16th, 2011|Categories: Holidays, Parents, Summer Camps and Programs|Tags: Summer|

Although it’s only the week before Easter, before you know [...]

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What Teachers Can Learn from Coaches

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00April 8th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Sports|

During the countdown to the Final Four, the NCAA ran [...]

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Parent’s Guide to Social Networking

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00March 28th, 2011|Categories: Parents, Resources|Tags: Parenting Advice|

Eighty-two percent of children between the ages of 14 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.