Amber Portwood Gets Emotional About Her Strained Relationship With Daughter Leah, More ‘Teen Mom: Family Reunion’ Revelations

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All in the family. Amber Portwood, Leah Messer and more of MTV’s biggest stars opened up about their ups and downs as parents during the Tuesday, January 25, episode of Teen Mom: Family Reunion.The Indiana native got honest about where she stands with her eldest daughter, Leah, 13, after encouraging her costars to put their children in therapy as early as possible.

She called finding professional help the “best thing to f–king do” for a kid of any age and was overcome with emotion when asked how things are going with her teenager.“Amber’s hurting, but she’s hurting for her kids,” Cheyenne Floyd said during a confessional. “I hope that Leah one day is able to watch this and able to see how much her mom really loves her.”Sitting down with the entire group, Amber noted that her perspective on the tense situation has changed over time and that she no longer thinks it’s fair to use her mental health battles as an “excuse” when it comes to parenting.“Guess what?

There’s so many f–king people [who are] depressed,” she told the group. “There’s other people with bipolar [disorder] that still are depressed, [but] they can still pick up their kids and can still do their thing.

That’s the one thing, I think, that’s changed more than anything is not making excused to [Leah] anymore.”Ashley Jones praised Amber’s vulnerability, telling the camera that every parent is simply trying to do the best they can with the circumstances they’ve been given. “No one’s a ‘good mom,'” she added. “You know, we’re all just trying to figure it out.”Earlier this month, Amber exclusively told Us Weekly that her visits with Leah are “actually going a lot better” after giving her child “space” for nearly two years.“People weren’t understanding what I was