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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

Good Read — Multicultural Education

Posted 08/26/2011 - 10:19am by Honeysmoke

Over a Multiculturalfamilia.com there is a post about how best to provide a multicultural education to children. Check it out. Read More »

Mommy First-Grader

Posted 08/25/2011 - 12:07pm by Honeysmoke

There I was, sitting in the tiny blue chair, parked at the miniature desk. My knees were hiked up to my chest as I listened to t... Read More »

Overheard On The Playground

Posted 08/22/2011 - 11:20am by Honeysmoke

Beautiful Little Girl: Do y’all speak Spanish? Nadia: No, we don’t speak Spanish. Beautiful Little Girl: You look li... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 08/20/2011 - 10:49am by Honeysmoke

Wait, I want to leave my foot out.  Nadia, deciding to air out her toe that was barely injured and covered with antibiotic oint... Read More »

The Tanning of America

Posted 08/18/2011 - 3:54pm by Honeysmoke

In THE TANNING OF AMERICA: How the Culture of Hip-Hop Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy (Gotham Books; On-Sale 9-8-11), Sto... Read More »

Mixed Marrow

Posted 08/18/2011 - 8:45am by Honeysmoke

Athena Asklipiadis is the director Mixed Marrow, and I met her at the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival. I wanted to know m... Read More »

The Marriage Ref

Posted 08/16/2011 - 9:19pm by Honeysmoke

Really? An interracial couple couldn’t agree on what to do with their daughter’s hair, so they went on national tele... Read More »

Can’t Organize Love

Posted 08/15/2011 - 10:26am by Honeysmoke

A new study on black relationships picks apart dating and marriage myths and shows how media have manipulated facts and figures... Read More »

Quote, Unquote

Posted 08/13/2011 - 9:32am by Honeysmoke

We don’t like the food that you make, Daddy. Simone, lobbying to eat out.  Read More »

School Bus Blues

Posted 08/12/2011 - 2:56pm by Honeysmoke

  Add in your own bluesy guitar riff between verses   My daughter is a first-grader Can ride the bus to school It’s... Read More »