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Molly Wadzeck Kraus

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Covers:  mental health, parenting, pop culture, animal welfare, reproductive rights, politics, literary nonfiction, memoir, disordered eating, ADHD, depression, anxiety, nostalgic media, cultural criticism
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Kids Can’t Stop Yelling Out These Two Numbers. Here’s The Story Behind Why

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| HuffPost UK
“Six-seven!” If you’ve been anywhere near kids lately, you’ve probably heard it: shouted across classrooms, echoed down sidewalks or gleefully screamed by toddlers who picked it...
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'Stranger Danger' Doesn't Cut It Anymore For Kids. Here's Why, According To Safety Experts.

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| HuffPost UK
Teaching kids how to stay safe without making them afraid of the world around them is a balancing act that many parents struggle to get right.
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"This Isn't About Free Speech": A Right-Wing Movement Is Taking Over Schools, And It's Setting A Terrifying Precedent

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Yahoo
Across the United States, more parents are growing concerned as they witness a narrow religious ideology gaining influence over their children’s public schools. Lielos / Getty ImagesWhile some argue that inclusive school curricula are threatening their religious freedom, many others are worried that one belief system is being imposed — dictating not only which books are available in classrooms but who gets to be represented in the school experience.
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They were pregnant. Then doctors found cancer. 4 women on their rare diagnoses. Original

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Yahoo Life
“Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” comedian and Fox News personality Kat Timpf shared on social media in February in what she called “an unconventional birth announcement.” Timpf has since undergone a double mastectomy. Over in the U.K., new mom Lucy made headlines for her unusual birth story.
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I've Learned How To Trick My Tween Into Spending Time With Me

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Scary Mommy
the trickery!As he grows, meaningful bonding requires a new level of strategy. by Molly Wadzeck Kraus2 minutes agoSvetlana Repnitskaya/Moment/Getty ImagesThere was a time when spending time with my son didn't require forethought. Once an overexcited duckling, eager to follow me around for spontaneous adventures, fort-building, and outdoor play, he's now 10 and entering the world of tweendom. As he grows, meaningful bonding requires a new level of strategy.
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What 'Harriet The Spy' Taught Millennials Who Could Not Be Silenced Original

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| HuffPost
At 11 years old, I was a victim of a secret three-way call. My so-called friend at the time kept pressuring me to reveal what I really thought about our mutual friend. After a lengthy interrogation, frustrated and cornered, I finally blurted out an offhand comment about how her constant giggling and “sunshine” personality were annoying. The response was immediate and brutal: laughter — not from one, but two sixth-grade girls — echoed down the landline. I was devastated.
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I Was Just A Bartender. Then One Of My Regulars Began Posting Suggestive Photos Of Me Online.

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| BuzzFeed
Work & Money·Posted 3 minutes ago"At some point, one of my Thursday night regulars leans in and says, 'I didn’t know you had a tattoo there,' pointing to my upper back between my shoulder blades. With a sly grin, he adds, 'I saw this photo of you.'" Photo Courtesy Of Molly Wadzeck Kraus The author bartending in NYC, 2008. Eric, a balding, stout man in his 60s, wears sweater vests year-round, only ever orders water or soda and leaves $20 tips on the sticky bar top.
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I Was Just A Bartender. Then One Of My Regulars Began Posting Suggestive Photos Of Me Online.

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| BuzzFeed
Eric, a balding, stout man in his 60s, wears sweater vests year-round, only ever orders water or soda and leaves $20 tips on the sticky bar top. Generosity or attempts at buying my attention, I don’t give his motivations a second thought.
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I Was Just A Bartender. Then One Of My Regulars Began Posting Suggestive Photos Of Me Online.

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Yahoo Life
Eric, a balding, stout man in his 60s, wears sweater vests year-round, only ever orders water or soda and leaves $20 tips on the sticky bar top. Generosity or attempts at buying my attention, I don’t give his motivations a second thought.
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The Kids Are In Charge Of Christmas Now, Because I'm DONE Original

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Scary Mommy
Last Christmas Eve, it hit me like the brick to Marv’s face from Home Alone — or maybe it slowly crept up on me as I wrapped yet another gift at midnight, raging at the dull scissors and awkwardly shaped box that kept poking holes in the cheap dollar store last-minute paper. I was doing something menial when the realization struck: This is unsustainable.
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The Kids Are In Charge Of Christmas Now, Because I'm DONE

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Flipboard
Truth behind Quality Street tins ‘shrinking’ since the 1980s will actually surprise a lot of peopleChristmas is here once again and with it, tubs of our favourite chocolate. While many of us will treat ourselves to confectionary throughout the year, …
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I Was Just A Bartender. Then One Of My Regulars Began Posting Suggestive Photos Of Me Online. Original

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| HuffPost
Eric, a balding, stout man in his 60s, wears sweater vests year-round, only ever orders water or soda and leaves $20 tips on the sticky bar top. Generosity or attempts at buying my attention, I don’t give his motivations a second thought.
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Nothing’s Free in Waterworld

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Identity Theory
In 1995, the polar ice caps have melted, engulfing the earth beneath a watery grave. Mel Gibson, who I later would realize is actually Kevin Costner, is among those who survived, traversing the endless seas in search of dry land. Friday has arrived, heralded by the pulsing squeak of the metal cart as our reading teacher, Mrs. Linton, rolls out the public-school holy grail: the TV-VCR combo. Men clad in fabric scraps fire machine guns, slash flesh with knives, maim, and kill.
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Commentary: How Ina Garten changed my life

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
People often imagine eating disorders as the result of diet culture, low self-esteem and a distorted body image. While these factors contributed, the eating disorder I developed as a teen was an ouroboros, born from the suffocating grip of my first encounter with depression. In an attempt to cope, I turned inward, seizing control over the one thing I could: my body. Every morning I stood in front of the mirror, pinching the skin around my waist, measuring my self-worth by what fit in my hand.
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How Ina Garten changed my life, loosening the grip of depression

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Frederick News Post
People often imagine eating disorders as the result of diet culture, low self-esteem and a distorted body image. While these factors contributed, the eating disorder I developed as a teen was an ouroboros, born from the suffocating grip of my first encounter with depression. In an attempt to cope, I turned inward, seizing control over the one thing I could: my body. Every morning, I stood in front of the mirror, pinching the skin around my waist, measuring my self-worth by what fit in my hand.
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The Best Thing I Ever Did Was Join The Circus

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Scary Mommy
I’ve had my fair share of attempted and abandoned hobbies. Some filled a temporary gap, a craving I didn’t know I had, while others fell flat, miserable failures from the start. Each one taught me the importance of balancing the demands of motherhood with my need for personal fulfillment. But one stands out about the rest. One has stood the test of time. And that hobby is the circus. The turning point came when I took my kids to a free outdoor performance organized by our local circus school.
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How Ina Garten changed my life

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| The Brunswick News
People often imagine eating disorders as the result of diet culture, low self-esteem and a distorted body image. While these factors contributed, the eating disorder I developed as a teen was an ouroboros, born from the suffocating grip of my first encounter with depression. In an attempt to cope, I turned inward, seizing control over the one thing I could: my body. Every morning I stood in front of the mirror, pinching the skin around my waist, measuring my self-worth by what fit in my hand.
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Commentary: How Ina Garten changed my life

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Miami Herald
People often imagine eating disorders as the result of diet culture, low self-esteem and a distorted body image. While these factors contributed, the eating disorder I developed as a teen was an ouroboros, born from the suffocating grip of my first encounter with depression. In an attempt to cope, I turned inward, seizing control over the one thing I could: my body. Every morning I stood in front of the mirror, pinching the skin around my waist, measuring my self-worth by what fit in my hand.
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How Ina Garten changed my life

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| MSN (US)
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Watching Ina Garten helped me begin recovery from my eating disorder Original

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Los Angeles Times
People often imagine eating disorders as the result of diet culture, low self-esteem and a distorted body image. While these factors contributed, the eating disorder I developed as a teen was an ouroboros, born from the suffocating grip of my first encounter with depression. In an attempt to cope, I turned inward, seizing control over the one thing I could: my body. Every morning I stood in front of the mirror, pinching the skin around my waist, measuring my self-worth by what fit in my hand.
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Voices on Addiction: Fifteen Places

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| The Rumpus
Waco, Texas, 1997Nestled in our sleeping bags on my bedroom floor, my best friend, LC, finds it hard to relax. My floor-to-ceiling posters of JTT, Devon Sawa, and *NSYNC overtake the space, unsettling her. I always feel like their eyes are following me, she says. Late into the night, I woke to my door creaking open. My dad’s imposing silhouette fills the frame, his eyes glazed, voice slurring, Where are the sheep? he asks.
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Long Live The Mom Group Chat

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Scary Mommy
It started as a joke. During the early days of the 2020 pandemic, my friend created a group text thread with the playful moniker, "The Real Housewives of [Our Town]," not realizing the rest of us could see the label. It was a laugh when we all really, really needed one. The group was originally intended as a way to keep in touch during lockdown, discussing topics like remote schooling, CDC guidelines, and what to do with our kids stuck at home.
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Man dies at 85, comes out in his obituary: ‘I’ll forever Rest in Peace’

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By Jonathan Edwards , Molly Wadzeck Kraus , Jiselle Lee
| The Seattle Times
Edward Thomas Ryan died on June 1 but still had a secret he wanted to tell, one he had held onto his entire life. He chose his obituary to announce it to the world. Published in the Albany Times Union on June 8, Ryan’s obituary started traditionally enough: name, academic achievements, career information, funeral details. Then it took an unconventional turn — a passage he had written in the first person. “Edward wanted to share the following: ‘I must tell you one more thing.
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Man dies at 85, comes out in his obituary: ‘I’ll forever Rest in Peace’ Original

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By Jonathan Edwards , Molly Wadzeck Kraus , Jiselle Lee
| The Washington Post
Edward Thomas Ryan died on June 1 but still had a secret he wanted to tell, one he had held on to his entire life. He chose his obituary to announce it to the world. Published in the Albany Times Union on June 8, Ryan’s obituary started traditionally enough: name, academic achievements, career information, funeral details. Then it took an unconventional turn — a passage he had written in the first person. “Edward wanted to share the following: ‘I must tell you one more thing.
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Your 101 Guide To Fighting A Local Book Ban

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Scary Mommy
“It’s not about the books. It’s never been about the books,” says Kelly Jensen, an award-winning author and editor at Book Riot. “Books are just very easy and convenient tools.”In 2023, the American Library Association (ALA) recorded the highest number of titles targeted for censorship in over 20 years, a significant rise from the previous two-decade average. This surge in book challenges highlights the increasing pressure on libraries from organized censorship efforts.
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Breaking up with a friend was harder than any romantic split

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| The Boston Globe
Let me tell you about my ex-best friend. She sat next to me during my abortion and took me for pancakes at a diner afterward. We cooked together and shared family dinners, tucked our children into bed, and talked into the night over glasses of wine, daring to dream about the day they’d be older and the demanding hands-on aspects of parenting would be less onerous. We were each other’s anchors during a particularly difficult time.
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Alle Großeltern meiner Kinder sind schon tot – so versuchen wir, diese Lücke zu füllen

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Business Insider Deutschland
Meine Kinder wachsen ohne Großeltern auf. Trotzdem haben sie Beziehungen zu anderen Generationen. Ich bin dankbar für die Menschen, die wir in der Gemeinde getroffen haben und die Verbindungen zu meinen Kindern aufgebaut haben. Auch wenn niemand deren Großeltern ersetzen kann, bin ich dankbar für diese generationsübergreifenden Freundschaften.
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Meine Kinder wachsen ohne Großeltern auf – so versuchen wir, diese Lücke zu füllen

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Business Insider Deutschland
Meine Kinder wachsen ohne Großeltern auf. Trotzdem haben sie Beziehungen zu anderen Generationen. Ich bin dankbar für die Menschen, die wir in der Gemeinde getroffen haben und die Verbindungen zu meinen Kindern aufgebaut haben. Auch wenn niemand deren Großeltern ersetzen kann, bin ich dankbar für diese generationsübergreifenden Freundschaften.
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Perspective | I learned to heal my sadness by cradling dying chickens

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| The Washington Post
Democracy Dies in DarknessBoth comical and alarming, the chickens would encircle us, trying frantically to jump up our legsPerspective by Molly Wadzeck KrausApril 30, 2024 at 8:05 a.m. EDTMolly Wadzeck Kraus, at age 20, inspects a rooster's injury at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, N.Y. ( Jo-Anne McArthur)CommentSaveIn animal rescue, it’s an open secret how many people are drawn to the work because of their own trauma or disconnection with others.
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My kids don't have any grandparents, and it's left a void

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Yahoo
My kids are growing up without grandparents. They still have intergenerational relationships. I'm grateful for the people we've met in the community who have made connections with my kids. Though no one can replace their grandparents, I'm grateful for these intergenerational friendships. Each day in my community, I witness grandparents joining their grandchildren at library storytime, school pick-ups, assemblies, sports games, and musical performances.
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Pashtana Durrani Won’t Let Afghanistan’s Girls Disappear

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| The Cut
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: George Kerrigan When the Taliban took over Afghanistan two and a half years ago, the regime barred girls from continuing their education beyond sixth grade. But today, at least 300 students are being taught through clandestine schools and remote learning thanks to the efforts of Afghan human-rights activist Pashtana Durrani.
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Depression and insomnia are part of my family history. Will my kids be OK?

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| The Brunswick News
I've longed for sleep all my life. Getting more sleep has been one of my New Year's resolutions for decades. Recounting stories of my early childhood insomnia, my mother would describe how I'd lie in bed, wide-eyed, hyperactive and insistent on making my presence felt at all hours. I was awake begrudgingly, gripped by fear and panic, devising strategies to appease my spiraling mind. Counting sheep? For amateurs.
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Commentary: Depression and insomnia are part of my family history. Will my kids be OK?

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Miami Herald
I've longed for sleep all my life. Getting more sleep has been one of my New Year's resolutions for decades. Recounting stories of my early childhood insomnia, my mother would describe how I'd lie in bed, wide-eyed, hyperactive and insistent on making my presence felt at all hours. I was awake begrudgingly, gripped by fear and panic, devising strategies to appease my spiraling mind. Counting sheep? For amateurs.
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Commentary: Depression And Insomnia Are Part Of My Family History. Will My Kids Be OK? - Los Angeles Times

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Everand
I’ve longed for sleep all my life. Getting more sleep has been one of my New Year’s resolutions for decades. Recounting stories of my early childhood insomnia, my mother would describe how I’d lie in bed, wide-eyed, hyperactive and insistent on making my presence felt at all hours. I was awake begrudgingly, gripped by fear and panic, devising strategies to appease my spiraling mind. Counting sheep? For amateurs.
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Depression and insomnia are part of my family history. Will my kids be OK?

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| MSN (US)
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Opinion: Depression and insomnia are part of my family history. Will my kids be OK? Original

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By Molly Wadzeck Kraus 
| Los Angeles Times
I’ve longed for sleep all my life. Getting more sleep has been one of my New Year’s resolutions for decades. Recounting stories of my early childhood insomnia, my mother would describe how I’d lie in bed, wide-eyed, hyperactive and insistent on making my presence felt at all hours. I was awake begrudgingly, gripped by fear and panic, devising strategies to appease my spiraling mind. Counting sheep? For amateurs.
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