Linda Moran's published articles and reprints
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"Let them be Sullen" is in press, and will appear in a future issue of
Parenting Magazine. A description of this piece cannot be disclosed until its publication.
"Talking about sex" appears in November 2005 issue of
Parenting Magazine. Parents, in their embarrassment over sex talks, commonly offer to their children a carte blanche: "just let me know if you have any questions." In this article, Moran discloses why this method can backfire, and what to do instead.
"Nurturing the Neediest First" appeared in the October 2004 issue of
The Parent Paper. This op-ed piece challenges the conventional wisdom espoused by marriage books that the marriage comes first before children. Moran suggests that since adults, by
definition, are people who can put off their needs, while children cannot, marriages need to be grown-up about making their children first priority, especially when they're young.
"Nurturing the Neediest First" is available for purchase as a reprint in New York and New Jersey, and for First Rights
in all other states and abroad, by arrangement with the author.
"Ten Tips for Successful Play Dates" appeared in the September 2004 issue of
The Parent Paper. This service piece makes a case for
the superiority of play dates over "kids on the block" and quotes Dr. Fred Frankel, author of Good Friends are Hard to Find.
This piece offers some wisdom for how to be your child's promoter and teacher of social skills, and how to practice good etiquette
with the purpose of securing future play dates for your child.
"Ten Tips for Successful Play Dates" is available for purchase as a reprint in New York and New Jersey, and for First Rights in all other states and abroad, by arrangement with the author.
"Better Late Than Never" appeared in the
summer 2004 issue of
Down syndrome News—Volume 27, Number 4, newsletter of the
National Down
Syndrome Congress. This service piece relays the frustrating and finally triumphant story of toilet training an eleven-year-old
with Down syndrome. Told with both levity and accuracy, this piece imparts a fresh look at control issues for parents and
professionals, suggesting that there
are ways to get what you want while the child still feels like the winner.
This article has been reprinted by the ARC, the DSSRI (parent support group of Rhode Island), and has been requested again for the February 2005 edition of "Moonlight," the newsletter of a Down syndrome parent support group
consisting of 160 families in Southwestern Illinois.
"Better Late Than Never" is available for reprint in the U.S. and abroad with permission from the author.
"Outing my Kids" appeared in the March 2004 issue of
Exceptional Parent magazine. Among Linda's four children, one has a major
disability, one has a minor disability, and one has a minor facial difference. This piece is a true life story of Linda's
decision to be up front about her children's differences, at home and in school. The story reveals Linda's discovery of the unforeseeable
gifts this decision has brought to her kids, their classmates and their teachers.
Linda believes that all of us have something peculiar
or different about us, and that openness, as opposed to suppression, is the great equalizer.
"Outing my Kids" has been performed in a dramatic reading by the author, for an
audience of families with a disabled family member. The organization is called "Joni and Friends," a Christian disability
ministry.
See the entry in the table of contents on the
Exceptional Parent Web site . To order a copy of the March 2004 issue, call the publisher at (201) 489-4111.
"Outing My Kids"
is available for purchase as a reprint within the United States, and First Rights abroad.
"David and the World Trade Center" is a tearful and moving true story about her son, David,
who has Down syndrome, and his cathartic influence on one lady just days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New
York City. The story first appeared in the winter 2003 issue of Update, newsletter
of the National Down
Syndrome Society.
It was then reprinted with permission of the author in the spring/summer 2003
issue of The Religion and
Spirituality Division Quarterly.
It was reprinted a third time in
the August 2004 annual special issue of
The Parent Paper. This parenting
magazine, targeted to Northern New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, recently garnered a total of 9 awards at the Parenting
Publications of America annual Editorial and Design Competition announced recently in Fort Worth, TX.
It was requested a fourth time for the February 2005 edition of "Moonlight," the newsletter of a Down syndrome parent support group
consisting of 160 families in Southwestern Illinois.
David and the World Trade Center is available for reprint with permission from the author.
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