Elizabeth Narins

Elizabeth Narins is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer, content strategist, copywriter, and mother of two, in no particular order. Her work has appeared in Cosmo, Women’s Health, Parade, Parents, Health, and many more.

Although she’s been on the wellness beat since the beginning of time, she now writes about, well, everything, from parenting to body image, food, relationships, and even beauty. In past lives, she led digital content at Weight Watchers, where her work was nominated for a Webby Award. She has also served as Cosmo’s inaugural digital health and fitness editor and led social media and special projects for Women’s Health.

Narins studied magazine journalism at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she minored in nutrition and majorly disrespected her liver.

When she’s not eating her baby’s cheeks or acting out elaborate fire-fighting scenarios with her toddler, she enjoys high-intensity interval training, baking, attending every third book club, sitting in quiet solitude, and having uninterrupted conversations with her husband, with whom she manages marketing and content for an 18-bedroom boutique hotel in upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains.

Tech Tots

An Age-By-Age Guide For Establishing Cell Phone Boundaries

By Elizabeth Narins

Experts outline the rules so you don’t have to.

OMG Shoes

Are Crocs-Style Shoes Actually Bad For Your Kids' Feet?

By Elizabeth Narins

A pediatric podiatrist has FEELINGS.

Doggone It

Don't Ignore These Red Flags Between Your Dog & Your Kid

By Elizabeth Narins

“There’s rarely a bite out of nowhere.”

More Than Mom Jeans

Is It Cheaper To Buy Or Rent Clothes?

By Elizabeth Narins

Two personal finance experts help us crunch the numbers.

*Like!*

17 Instagram Captions For Baby's First Birthday To Match Your Many Emotions

By Elizabeth Narins

So you can tell the world you kept a human alive for one whole year!

Pay for College

How To Make Bank On Your Lemonade Stand, According To Business School Instructors

By Elizabeth Narins

Ahem, *your kid’s* lemonade stand.

Hit Snooze

Does A King-Size Bed Hint At Relationship Problems? Sleep Shamers Think So

By Elizabeth Narins

Experts weigh in on the does-size-matter debate.

No One Told Me

Capsule Wardrobes Are A F*cking Scam. Here’s Why.

By Elizabeth Narins

THE LIMIT FOR CLOTHES SHOULD NOT EXIST.

Keep the Change

Should You Ever Pay A Family Member To Babysit?

By Elizabeth Narins

An etiquette expert has... a lot to say about it.

Requisite Viewing

10 Reasons You Should Rewatch 10 Things I Hate About You With Your Tween

By Elizabeth Narins

Appropriate? Nope. Necessary? Absolutely.

STFU

Can We Please Stop Talking About Botox In Front Of Our Kids?

By Elizabeth Narins

No, really.

Just Eat It

A Bazillion Ways Serve Your Toddler Toast & Call It Dinner

By Elizabeth Narins

It's the laziest way to make sure calories enter your kid.

FML

Wait, Some States Don't Let You Divorce If You're Pregnant?!

By Elizabeth Narins

Tell me without telling me that life mimics ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’

Not Disney

12 Subtle Signs That A Trendy Hotel Is Secretly Super Kid-Friendly

By Elizabeth Narins

So you can travel in style without feeling like your brood is a buzzkill.

STFU

Moms Are Out Here Hiring "Hangover Babysitters" So They Can Sleep It Off

By Elizabeth Narins

Because there’s no greater investment than buying time to go back to bed.

Mom-a-thon

In Defense (& Celebration) Of The 20-Minute Mom Run

By Elizabeth Narins

Let’s hear it for short bouts of activity — *alone.*

Free Therapy

Here’s What The Sex Therapist You Can’t Afford Tells Couples Who Aren’t Having Sex

By Elizabeth Narins

*Passive aggressively forwards to partner*

Smooth Criminal

What’s With My Kid’s Obsession With “Bad Guys”?

By Elizabeth Narins

Two psychologists weigh in on how to handle foul play — and when to worry.

Guest Again

Are Boys-Only Toddler Birthday Parties OK?

By Elizabeth Narins

An etiquette expert weighs in on using gender to whittle down preschool party guest lists.

Big Little Lies

Should We Be Teaching Our Kids To Lie When They Get Gifts They Don’t Like?

By Elizabeth Narins

An etiquette expert and a developmental psychologist weigh in on the debate.