Teen Tactics

Patience pays off: Amber Portwood and 13-year-old Leah’s relationship is getting “better” after a rough patch, the Teen Mom OG star tells Us, calling the transition “night and day.” But to get there, the reality star, 31, notes she had to give her daughter some space. “People weren’t understanding what I was doing… that I wasn’t just stepping away from her,” explains Portwood. “I always let her know that I was there.”