Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis
Hosted by Carol Sutton Lewis · Carol Sutton Lewis
4.8from 52 ratings
- 151
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Ground Control Parenting with Carol Sutton Lewis
Parenting advice and inspiration for raising smart, confident Black children. Join host and Ground Control Parenting founder Carol Sutton Lewis for weekly conversations with guests––familiar and new––about the joys and real work of parenting.
- Publisher
- Carol Sutton Lewis
- Category
- education · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 24 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 151 episodes have a transcript.
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Season 8 Wrap Up: What We Learned
Published 24 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Alvin told me the whole thing started with a chance encounter, a first-grade student of his getting antsy in a barbershop chair and Alvin wishing he'd had a book to hand him. Here's what he learned once he actually started watching who picked up the books in the barbershop. It was the little boys, and only when the books were actually about the things they cared about, not just the books that were good for them. As one of his barbers in Philadelphia told him, and Alvin has never forgotten it, even the baddest kids have a favorite book. It's not that our boys don't love reading. It's that too often nobody's bothered to ask them what they'd love to read. […]
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- Misty Copeland
- Dr Marian Croak
- Dawn Moore
- Jen Hayes Lee
- A'Lelia Bundles
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 44 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100
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- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
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