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.

The GCP Bonus Round, Part 1

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:00-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast|Tags: black parenting, groundcontrolparenting, Parenting Advice, podcast, poetry|

At the end of most podcast episodes in Season 1, [...]

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Season One is a Wrap––It’s Time for the Season One Rewind!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:00-04:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Podcast|

The first season of Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton [...]

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Wednesday, 8/26 on GCP with CSL: Susan Fales-Hill

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:01-04:00August 25th, 2020|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Cultural, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources|Tags: black parenting, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice, podcast, what it takes|

This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis [...]

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Wednesday 8/19 on GCP with CSL: Dr. Victor Carrion on Coping with Back-to-School 2020

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:19-04:00August 18th, 2020|Categories: Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Resources|Tags: back-to-school, black parenting, Covid-19, education, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, Parenting Advice, what it takes|

This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis [...]

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Big News: Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis is Featured in Apple Podcast Curated Collections!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:19-04:00August 11th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|

Great News: Apple Podcasts is featuring Ground Control Parenting with [...]

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Wednesday 8/12: Deval Patrick on GCP with CSL!

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T07:57:19-04:00August 11th, 2020|Categories: Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents|Tags: Deval Patrick, Ground Control Parenting, Parenting, podcast|

This week on Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis [...]

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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.