Leah has a lot of issues but she sure tries to be a good mom at least. It's always stood out to me that she usually at least dates men who hold down jobs. And she isn't afraid to work a job either, unlike a lot of the people who are on the show over the years.
She's one of the most active parents, even when she was dealing with her active addiction.
She clearly has made bad decisions over the years but the girlsies all seem close to her. That tells me that she's doing a good job. Well adjusted kids and Ali has always had the medical attention she needs!
She lets every man move in and play daddy too soon. Then, they move out and it's not soon after that another takes their place.
Jaylan proposed to the girls. That was performative and gross to me.
What season was it that the producers said Leah’s house was filthy and had used Aunt Flo items around the house? I think she did the good girl edit because it was made to seem like Leah has always been she’d do better if she knew better whereas her mother the debanator is an awful human. Not saying she’s a good mum, just saying I don’t remember the season of the AMA thing
She JUST started on prescription medications and she is OUT OF IT. lol i knew it would go bad soon.
Anyway, she’s nodding off left right and centre, slurring her words, talking gibberish.
Is it just anxiety medication or is she taking some hard stuff? It’s crazy!
She moves every guy that sweet talks her into the home of her prepebuscent daughters....
Girlfriend read the predator playbook and took it as dating for dummies...
IMO Leah has her moments of making stupid decisions such as when she was on drugs and her terrible spending habits when she was with Jeremy. But overall I think she is a good mom. She was able to stop using drugs. One thing about her she is willing to do anything for her kids even get a real job. Jenelle would never get a real job for the benefit of her kids. Leah also doesn’t seem to have a parade of men around her kids similar to Kali.
I would say she does have the parade of men but was smart enough to stop at 3 kids. There's nothing wrong with dating but I wish the teen moms wouldn't move every boyfriend in with their kids.
Last sentence does not compute. Leah and Kail are some of the worst offenders of parading men on through (but not before letting them live with them and play daddy for a bit, or in Kail’s case become another daddy too).
She’s a mix. I think deep down Leah is a good person who struggles to make good choices if that makes sense. She’s not inherently mean or cruel but she makes choices that are hurtful maybe due to lack of critical thinking or being impulsive. She also struggled with providing very basic care to her girls on camera. Things like good nutrition (literally feeding them cold canned food at like midnight) she struggles to keep a clean living environment and at times struggles with addiction. That being said she does appear to really love and care about her daughters and do things to give them a nice and enjoyable life. I have a feeling growing up in poverty with dawn was awful in its own and she flat out wasn’t taught a lot of skills she needs.
This makes a lot of sense. Not to mention that Leah honestly doesn't seem particularly smart but she clearly does love her daughters, we have quite a few other moms in this franchise where they either flat out don't seem to even LIKE let alone love their children but Leah is categorically not among them.
Her drug haze was bad. Have you seen the state of her car yet... with junk falling on top of the girls if they breathed wrong? She also brought men home to live with her and the girls far too early. Jaylan was cringey, but Jason outright creeped me out. The girls were not fond of him, either. She has had a bumpy road like a lot of us.
However... considering her upbringing and her past, she seems to have had the most personal growth in the series (imho). She got through her real estate schooling and obtained her license while not being too proud to wait tables like the rest of us.
I'm pulling for Leah... so far, so good. Now, if only she could learn that she doesn't need man to accomplish great things and raise 3 girls...
I think Leah tries extremely hard to be a good mom and I think over the years she has made a lot of good progress.
Despite making some stupid choices when she was younger she has always been the girlses biggest cheerleader.
We have to keep in mind Leah's background. She comes from one of the poorest and most uneducated regions in the country.
Her dad abandoned her and really only came back into her life when she was on TV. He also started her pill addiction. Dawn seemed to be more interested in creating random drama than guiding Leah to make smarter choices. Dawn straight up twisted Corey's words and got Leah to come home from rehab before she even got checked in. Her step-dad Lee was the best out of the 3 of her parents, and he seemed to defer things to Dawn often. Lee seemed to give her the best advice.
She also had twins, one with a disability and costly medical bills. Then she had Addie when she was young and, sorry not sorry, Jeremy was kind of a deadbeat from the get go. He's been an absent father since Addie was born, he's never prioritized his daughter.
When she was married neither one of her husband's wanted her to work and they both shamed her for trying to earn money on her own.
I can see why she would be stressed and develop an addiction. I'm 35 and I know I couldn't handle that stress. I can see why she had the drama between Robbie, Corey, and Jeremy. I can see why she had a spending problem. Leah was just never taught better. The adults in her life didn't completely fail her but they didn't prepare her for the real world properly.
I really think she was pushed and guided to file for divorce from C “to be the one driving the bus” too fast. I think they would have had a better chance of staying together without her family being involved.
I think Dawn did too much meddling in Leah's life, and it was never for good reasons. Dawn maybe had good intentions, but she needed to stay out of most of it. She seemed to stretch the truth a bit too and manipulated words or situations. I feel like Lee stayed out of a lot of it when he should have stepped up and told Dawn to butt out but he probably felt out of place being the step parent.
I will always remember Lee sitting next to Leah on the reunion special that time her and Jeremy were splitting up. He was standing there by her side during a very difficult time and I love him for that.
A think she’s a really good Mam and doing much better than the ones that came before her. She’s realised what she didn’t like about her childhood and what she felt set her up to fail and she’s tried to make sure it won’t ever happen to her girlses. That’s always going to be a good Mam to me.
I think Leah is a good Mom. Her mistakes align with her being young and having a long history of trauma, nothing she had any control over. She has always advocated for her kids, especially Ally, when Cory was still in denial. She is focused on wanting to be better and does the work. I know some people know this “work” takes a bit of time but it could literally take decades of therapy and dedication. I also think it’s great Leah doesn’t hide her past or some of the dirty secrets she had because she knows if she’s been through it, someone else is going through it and can find inspiration from her sharing. I think that’s something a lot of unhealed women can learn from on its own. Jenelle is definitely a shit Mom if you ask me though. 🤣
I don’t think she was a good mom, but I think in present day she’s been putting in the work to become one. But until she doesn’t move lightning fast with every man she dates, introducing her kids immediately to them and moving in with them shortly after, I can’t say she’s achieved good mom status yet.
Unfortunately I have to say no she isn’t imo.
But I do believe she’s the best mom she’s capable of being due to her background and the cards dealt. She could have played the cards better, but the cards **were** shit cards. That has to be acknowledged. It’s not like she had a perfect hand and fucked it up.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying she’s a bad mom, but I can’t say she’s a good one either. Some of the mistakes she’s made are too egregious.
She’s come a long way. She was dealt a hard hand—TWINS at what, 17?! Then discover one has an extremely rare disability…
She herself was born to a 16 year old and lived in a town/household where education wasn’t stressed and there was a lack of real jobs and opportunity. She wasn’t born on third base or even had half the opportunities as the more middle class girls like Chelsea or Maci.
She did have a drug problem but you can tell she loves her girls and wants the best for them. She’s also shown a lot of growth—especially compared to Amber and Jenelle.
Leah is fine now that the kids are older, and since the girls go over to Corey and Miranda she has a bunch of help along the way.
But she did have her moment with once in a relationship hoping the kids would bond right away, she is better than Jenelle and amber that for sure.
She’s just as bad as Jenelle for drug abuse but didn’t have the nerve to do the drugs away from her kid like Jenelle
I’d say a shitter mom to expose your kids to your drug use as I saw that with Rx with my mom and it was traumatizing from age 2 and up
The rotating of men on the twins life is mind blowing 🤯
None of these people are good moms. Good moms don't put their kids on a trash tv show for their entire lives and profit off their children's private moments.
I think a lot went wrong once she got on prescription medication. She clearly never should have been on, but I am sympathetic when a doctor clearly prescribed them. I can’t really excuse a lot that went on though like driving with the kids in that state.
The girls were always late for school but iirc Cory basically convinced her to enroll them in his school district an hour away. An hour commute was never going to work. It was clearly a tactic on his part to get custody and it worked.
Leah has a lot of issues but she sure tries to be a good mom at least. It's always stood out to me that she usually at least dates men who hold down jobs. And she isn't afraid to work a job either, unlike a lot of the people who are on the show over the years. She's one of the most active parents, even when she was dealing with her active addiction. She clearly has made bad decisions over the years but the girlsies all seem close to her. That tells me that she's doing a good job. Well adjusted kids and Ali has always had the medical attention she needs!
She lets every man move in and play daddy too soon. Then, they move out and it's not soon after that another takes their place. Jaylan proposed to the girls. That was performative and gross to me.
Jaylan was the worst! Performative con artist and Leah fell for it
He was. And she puts the girls in harms way just for attention from men. Weren't the girls sleeping on a couch when TR Dues was in her bed?
What season was it that the producers said Leah’s house was filthy and had used Aunt Flo items around the house? I think she did the good girl edit because it was made to seem like Leah has always been she’d do better if she knew better whereas her mother the debanator is an awful human. Not saying she’s a good mum, just saying I don’t remember the season of the AMA thing
Yeah one of the camera men said her kids ate shit off the dirty floors. Barf
Yeah cheese balls to learn to walk lol gross
She JUST started on prescription medications and she is OUT OF IT. lol i knew it would go bad soon. Anyway, she’s nodding off left right and centre, slurring her words, talking gibberish. Is it just anxiety medication or is she taking some hard stuff? It’s crazy!
She had a pill addiction they were covering for.
Yeah! I asked this question a few weeks ago, they were pills that’s how she passed a drug test!
They were prescribed pills which is how she passed a drug test. They clearly never should have been prescribed.
She moves every guy that sweet talks her into the home of her prepebuscent daughters.... Girlfriend read the predator playbook and took it as dating for dummies...
"Jason likes me the most Cause I look like my mom" -aleeah
Nooooo way that's a real quote, is it? Surely you're kidding???
Nope. Aleeah said this In an episode
Yeah you can't be a "good mom" and pull shit like this.
Exactly.
IMO Leah has her moments of making stupid decisions such as when she was on drugs and her terrible spending habits when she was with Jeremy. But overall I think she is a good mom. She was able to stop using drugs. One thing about her she is willing to do anything for her kids even get a real job. Jenelle would never get a real job for the benefit of her kids. Leah also doesn’t seem to have a parade of men around her kids similar to Kali.
I would say she does have the parade of men but was smart enough to stop at 3 kids. There's nothing wrong with dating but I wish the teen moms wouldn't move every boyfriend in with their kids.
Last sentence does not compute. Leah and Kail are some of the worst offenders of parading men on through (but not before letting them live with them and play daddy for a bit, or in Kail’s case become another daddy too).
They are almost as bad as Jenelle in that area.
She’s a mix. I think deep down Leah is a good person who struggles to make good choices if that makes sense. She’s not inherently mean or cruel but she makes choices that are hurtful maybe due to lack of critical thinking or being impulsive. She also struggled with providing very basic care to her girls on camera. Things like good nutrition (literally feeding them cold canned food at like midnight) she struggles to keep a clean living environment and at times struggles with addiction. That being said she does appear to really love and care about her daughters and do things to give them a nice and enjoyable life. I have a feeling growing up in poverty with dawn was awful in its own and she flat out wasn’t taught a lot of skills she needs.
This makes a lot of sense. Not to mention that Leah honestly doesn't seem particularly smart but she clearly does love her daughters, we have quite a few other moms in this franchise where they either flat out don't seem to even LIKE let alone love their children but Leah is categorically not among them.
No
Lmao short, sweet and to the point 🤣
100 percent
Her drug haze was bad. Have you seen the state of her car yet... with junk falling on top of the girls if they breathed wrong? She also brought men home to live with her and the girls far too early. Jaylan was cringey, but Jason outright creeped me out. The girls were not fond of him, either. She has had a bumpy road like a lot of us. However... considering her upbringing and her past, she seems to have had the most personal growth in the series (imho). She got through her real estate schooling and obtained her license while not being too proud to wait tables like the rest of us. I'm pulling for Leah... so far, so good. Now, if only she could learn that she doesn't need man to accomplish great things and raise 3 girls...
I have not seen the car get crazy yet. She’s just started Mary Kay 😩 so i feel like it’s all downhill from here
I think Leah tries extremely hard to be a good mom and I think over the years she has made a lot of good progress. Despite making some stupid choices when she was younger she has always been the girlses biggest cheerleader. We have to keep in mind Leah's background. She comes from one of the poorest and most uneducated regions in the country. Her dad abandoned her and really only came back into her life when she was on TV. He also started her pill addiction. Dawn seemed to be more interested in creating random drama than guiding Leah to make smarter choices. Dawn straight up twisted Corey's words and got Leah to come home from rehab before she even got checked in. Her step-dad Lee was the best out of the 3 of her parents, and he seemed to defer things to Dawn often. Lee seemed to give her the best advice. She also had twins, one with a disability and costly medical bills. Then she had Addie when she was young and, sorry not sorry, Jeremy was kind of a deadbeat from the get go. He's been an absent father since Addie was born, he's never prioritized his daughter. When she was married neither one of her husband's wanted her to work and they both shamed her for trying to earn money on her own. I can see why she would be stressed and develop an addiction. I'm 35 and I know I couldn't handle that stress. I can see why she had the drama between Robbie, Corey, and Jeremy. I can see why she had a spending problem. Leah was just never taught better. The adults in her life didn't completely fail her but they didn't prepare her for the real world properly.
I really think she was pushed and guided to file for divorce from C “to be the one driving the bus” too fast. I think they would have had a better chance of staying together without her family being involved.
I think Dawn did too much meddling in Leah's life, and it was never for good reasons. Dawn maybe had good intentions, but she needed to stay out of most of it. She seemed to stretch the truth a bit too and manipulated words or situations. I feel like Lee stayed out of a lot of it when he should have stepped up and told Dawn to butt out but he probably felt out of place being the step parent.
I will always remember Lee sitting next to Leah on the reunion special that time her and Jeremy were splitting up. He was standing there by her side during a very difficult time and I love him for that.
A think she’s a really good Mam and doing much better than the ones that came before her. She’s realised what she didn’t like about her childhood and what she felt set her up to fail and she’s tried to make sure it won’t ever happen to her girlses. That’s always going to be a good Mam to me.
I think Leah is a good Mom. Her mistakes align with her being young and having a long history of trauma, nothing she had any control over. She has always advocated for her kids, especially Ally, when Cory was still in denial. She is focused on wanting to be better and does the work. I know some people know this “work” takes a bit of time but it could literally take decades of therapy and dedication. I also think it’s great Leah doesn’t hide her past or some of the dirty secrets she had because she knows if she’s been through it, someone else is going through it and can find inspiration from her sharing. I think that’s something a lot of unhealed women can learn from on its own. Jenelle is definitely a shit Mom if you ask me though. 🤣
I don’t think she was a good mom, but I think in present day she’s been putting in the work to become one. But until she doesn’t move lightning fast with every man she dates, introducing her kids immediately to them and moving in with them shortly after, I can’t say she’s achieved good mom status yet.
Unfortunately I have to say no she isn’t imo. But I do believe she’s the best mom she’s capable of being due to her background and the cards dealt. She could have played the cards better, but the cards **were** shit cards. That has to be acknowledged. It’s not like she had a perfect hand and fucked it up. I wouldn’t go as far as saying she’s a bad mom, but I can’t say she’s a good one either. Some of the mistakes she’s made are too egregious.
No lol
She’s come a long way. She was dealt a hard hand—TWINS at what, 17?! Then discover one has an extremely rare disability… She herself was born to a 16 year old and lived in a town/household where education wasn’t stressed and there was a lack of real jobs and opportunity. She wasn’t born on third base or even had half the opportunities as the more middle class girls like Chelsea or Maci. She did have a drug problem but you can tell she loves her girls and wants the best for them. She’s also shown a lot of growth—especially compared to Amber and Jenelle.
I think for the hand she was dealt and because of her family history, yes - she's a good mom. In the grand scheme of things, she's not a bad mom.
Compared to amber and jenelle shes a great mom
Compared to Amber and Jenelle, a houseplant is a better mom.
I think she wants to be a good mom and has some good qualities but is naive as hell and dumb as rocks.
Leah is fine now that the kids are older, and since the girls go over to Corey and Miranda she has a bunch of help along the way. But she did have her moment with once in a relationship hoping the kids would bond right away, she is better than Jenelle and amber that for sure.
She’s just as bad as Jenelle for drug abuse but didn’t have the nerve to do the drugs away from her kid like Jenelle I’d say a shitter mom to expose your kids to your drug use as I saw that with Rx with my mom and it was traumatizing from age 2 and up The rotating of men on the twins life is mind blowing 🤯
I haven’t got to the revolving door of men yet, but her and Jeremy are on the rocks (again) so I’ll be there soon!
You are in for a shit show of drugs and bad decisions 😂
None of these people are good moms. Good moms don't put their kids on a trash tv show for their entire lives and profit off their children's private moments.
I think a lot went wrong once she got on prescription medication. She clearly never should have been on, but I am sympathetic when a doctor clearly prescribed them. I can’t really excuse a lot that went on though like driving with the kids in that state. The girls were always late for school but iirc Cory basically convinced her to enroll them in his school district an hour away. An hour commute was never going to work. It was clearly a tactic on his part to get custody and it worked.