DiscoverAdoption Wise#242: How a Child’s Mental Health Impacts the Family with Amber Reynolds
#242: How a Child’s Mental Health Impacts the Family with Amber Reynolds

#242: How a Child’s Mental Health Impacts the Family with Amber Reynolds

Update: 2024-04-16
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Lisa and Amber Reynolds (our Director of Communications) chat about the challenges of parenting a young child struggling with mental illness. Amber shares candidly about what she wishes she had done differently, how her son’s mental illness affected her health, and how she’s overcoming blocked care. As an Enneagram 8, Amber loves advocating well for all those in her care. She and her husband, Chris, have been foster parents for seven years and have three children through adoption.


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#242: How a Child’s Mental Health Impacts the Family with Amber Reynolds

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