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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

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 »

Spoiled American Kids

Posted 06/26/2012 - 6:09pm by Honeysmoke

Here we go. In this week’s parenting corners, we have people who spoil their children pitted against those who do not spoi... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 06/23/2012 - 4:12pm by Honeysmoke

That’s why I’m sweating. Simone, reacting to the meteorologist’s report that temperatures reached the mid-90s. Read More »

Lifting the Veil of Ignorance

Posted 06/21/2012 - 12:30pm by Honeysmoke

Ignorance closes his eyes. Ignorance closes his ears. Ignorance walks around the issue. Ignorance talks in circles. Ignorance bu... Read More »