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Helping Your Child’s Moral Development with Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr.

How can we help our children develop a moral compass to guide them through life?  When they are young, we give them our perspectives on right versus wrong, but how can we give them the tools to make these determinations on their own? And what are some of the best ways to talk with them about faith and spirituality?  [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:55:42-04:00June 23rd, 2021|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Helping Your Child’s Moral Development with Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr.

Unconditionally Supporting Your Children’s Dreams with Diana Napier

Diana Napier's daughter Emerson Davis was 3 years old when she told her mother she wanted to play the cello, 5 when she was admitted to a highly competitive music school, 6 when she decided to join the school’s drama club, and 10 when she joined the cast of  “Once Upon an Island” which won a Tony for Best [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:55:42-04:00June 16th, 2021|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Entertainment, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Unconditionally Supporting Your Children’s Dreams with Diana Napier

Staying True to Yourself and Your Parenting Goals with Ursula Burns

  How did the first Black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company manage to balance her skyrocketing career and her growing family? In the latest GCP Podcast episode, Ursula Burns, former CEO of Xerox Corporation, tells us why this is NOT the question young parents should be asking. She explains why a perspective shift is overdue:   “I don't [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:55:42-04:00June 11th, 2021|Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Podcast, Resources|Comments Off on Staying True to Yourself and Your Parenting Goals with Ursula Burns

Easing Our Children’s Re-entry into Post-Pandemic Life

  Is that a light shining brightly at the end of that tunnel ahead?  Covid restrictions are being lifted everywhere, and we are all moving at various speeds towards the new normal. For our children, it is back to socializing with friends (or for the toddlers, learning how to socialize with friends), fully in-person classes now or in the [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:55:42-04:00June 2nd, 2021|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Easing Our Children’s Re-entry into Post-Pandemic Life

Helping Your Children Make Smart Money Moves

Today's podcast is especially for all you parents who regularly say to their kids some variant of: "Do you think money grows on trees?"  (And there are a lot of us! ) Our kids know that money buys things they want (and they probably don't think it grows on trees), but do they know the power of saving money, [...]

By |2024-01-19T14:33:56-05:00May 26th, 2021|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast|Comments Off on Helping Your Children Make Smart Money Moves

Helping Your Children Manage Tech!!

In this week’s Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis podcast episode, we tackle tech questions that many parents are asking these days:  how do we help our children manage and balance their ongoing tech use when they still seem to need their devices now more than ever?  How can we find out more about these videos and apps [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 18th, 2021|Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Entertainment, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Podcast, Resources, Saving Our Sons, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Helping Your Children Manage Tech!!

Intergenerational Parenting Wisdom Helps Us All

I’ve been thinking about how parents raising kids of differing ages can learn from each other. Often more experienced parents are in the position to offer wise advice and encouragement to  parents who are newly entering the village, but I believe this exchange can go both ways.    I’ve certainly seen a lot raising three children to adulthood, but [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00May 17th, 2021|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Intergenerational Parenting Wisdom Helps Us All

#GCP’s First IG Live!! ICYMI: Details and The Link

We had such a great conversation with Dr. Janice Johnson Dias in this week's podcast, talking  about helping our children develop a core of confidence, what we need to resolve in ourselves to be joyful parents, and so much more, that we decided to continue the conversation today on Instagram Live! In today's conversation Janice and I returned to [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 29th, 2021|Ages 0-4, Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Books, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Motivators, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on #GCP’s First IG Live!! ICYMI: Details and The Link

#GCP is Going LIVE on Instagram THURSDAY 4/29, 4PM EST!!!

  I'm going live on Instagram TOMORROW, 4/29, at 4pm EST to continue the conversation with Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, author of Parent Like it Matters!!! I had such a good time talking about parenting, and there's so much more to talk about!! Please join us on Instagram Live, @groundcontrolparenting at 4pm EST. Come for parenting advice, with parenting [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 28th, 2021|Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on #GCP is Going LIVE on Instagram THURSDAY 4/29, 4PM EST!!!

Are YOU Parenting Like It Matters?

It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day details of parenting (and there are SO many details these days!) and lose sight of some of the important “big-picture” parenting issues, like: How are we teaching our kids our values, our morals?  What specific steps and actions can we take to help our children develop a core of confidence [...]

By |2023-05-21T07:56:37-04:00April 28th, 2021|Ages 0-5, Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 5-7, Ages 8-12, Books, Experts, Featured, Interviews, Latest News, Parents, Podcast, Resources, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Are YOU Parenting Like It Matters?
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