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

GCP Sidebar: Parent Groups

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00March 2nd, 2011|Categories: Parents, Resources|Tags: GCP Sidebar|

Patricia H. Shimm, author of "Parenting Your Toddler: The Expert's [...]

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Dr. Tammy Mann: Raising Expectations

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00February 24th, 2011|Categories: Guest Bloggers, Interviews, Motivators, Parents|

Dr. Tammy Mann, Executive Director of the Frederick D. Patterson [...]

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Educational Reform: Where Are We?

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00February 14th, 2011|Categories: Academics|

A few nights ago, I watched Malcolm Gladwell interview Wendy [...]

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Your Son Will Not Be The Next LeBron James

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00February 10th, 2011|Categories: Academics, Experts, Guest Bloggers, Sports|Tags: Lisa Davis|

I’m sure that most of our readers dutifully read to [...]

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What Parents Can Do: Wendy Van Amson

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00February 7th, 2011|Categories: Experts, Guest Bloggers, Interviews, Motivators, Parents|

Wendy Van Amson is the co-founder of the Independent Schools [...]

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Call to Action

By groundcontrolparenting|2023-05-21T15:50:54-04:00January 31st, 2011|Categories: Academics, Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, College Bound Students, Featured|Tags: Call to Action|

Despite what you may have read in recent parenting articles, [...]

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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.