While Ella has made her fair share of mistakes (leaving her family instead of kicking her cheating husband out of the house, moving to Austria with her creepy boyfriend, remarrying her cheating husband, and so on), she is ultimately a very laid-back and fun mom. She paints, offers genuine advice, lets her children be independent and autonomous, and is exponentially more rational when she finds out that Aria is dating her teacher. Never tries to run the man out of town or anything. Her decisions aren't always airtight, but she has a lot on her plate.