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Honeysmoke

Monique Fields is a writer, wife and mother of two. She blogs about raising biracial children on Honeysmoke.com and has penned a nonfiction children’s book to help young people navigate questions about skin color.

Recent Posts from Honeysmoke

Blame Game

Posted 07/20/2012 - 7:50pm by Honeysmoke

The blame started flying as soon as the facts hit the airwaves. The youngest person shot in the Aurora, Colo. shooting was a 3-m... Read More »

Doggone School Supplies

Posted 07/17/2012 - 1:01pm by Honeysmoke

I decided I’d get an early start on school supply shopping. There’s lot to buy between now and the beginning of scho... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 07/14/2012 - 9:28am by Honeysmoke

Don’t get all talked into it.  Simone, warning Nadia not to engage in conversation with us about eating at a new restaura... Read More »

Day Camp Update

Posted 07/13/2012 - 9:40am by Honeysmoke

For those keeping score: Day Camp — 10,647 Simone and Nadia — 0 Ken and me — -23,421 Day Camp is winning becau... Read More »

Good Read

Posted 07/10/2012 - 2:25pm by Honeysmoke

Head over to Mom.me and check out a post titled What Not To Say To Mixed-Race Parents. I think the article covers it. In case it... Read More »

Spanking Study

Posted 07/06/2012 - 11:21pm by Honeysmoke

By now you’ve heard or read the news. Spanking is bad for children, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics study... Read More »

Throwback Thursday

Posted 07/05/2012 - 3:58pm by Honeysmoke

Yellow Bug! That’s what Simone and Nadia yell when they see a yellow Volkswagen Beetle Bug. I am not at all sure how this... Read More »

Proud Proof

Posted 07/03/2012 - 2:00pm by Honeysmoke

It used to be that if someone asked me if Simone and Nadia were mine, I’d get upset. How dare she/he/they ask such insensi... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 06/30/2012 - 11:31am by Honeysmoke

I want to play it my way.  Nadia, channeling her inner Frank Sinatra and ignoring the piano music. Read More »

CBC Diversity Committee

Posted 06/28/2012 - 11:39pm by Honeysmoke

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators reported in 2010 that more than 90 percent of children’s and yo... Read More »