Elizabeth Laura Nelson

“Parenting” has become a competitive sport. But it’s kids who are losing. Let your kids screw up.

Can’t calm down, won’t calm down.

No regrets about having kids? Maybe it’s time we all came clean.

We’ve probably all heard it a million times: relationships are hard work.

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.

Parents — we’re the worst.

As a person who writes about relationships for a living, I might be one of the people least in need of all this well-meaning advice, which usually amounts to clichés and can even veer into the territory of outright insults. What I need – what most of us need – is for people to hear me, and to trust me.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Is it possible that talking about your relationship less could actually be the key to making it better? Sometimes, stop talking and just let yourselves be.

How do you deal with feeling lonely; are you okay with having alone time?