Every Child Should Get Free Therapy

It’s the only way I can survive parenting. %2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2FFunexpectedDesserts%2F%3Futm_campaign=43990%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/010001843f9c5c51-611b0c40-34f0-4d81-8cf9-2ce245769fad-000000/29dSEcWiTaz0ScsKjQiCXvgSTPo=294 [Scary Mommy](%2F%2Fscarymommy.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=43990%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/010001843f9c5c51-611b0c40-34f0-4d81-8cf9-2ce245769fad-000000/X2-J2a0qC9GRuPkbZ5-lwax6ksI=294) Nov 03, 2022 %2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fevery-child-should-get-free-therapy%3Futm_campaign=43990%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/1/010001843f9c5c51-611b0c40-34f0-4d81-8cf9-2ce245769fad-000000/kcuenyYCwdiykiH0DVCQbAsEUPA=294 [Every Child Should Get Free Therapy](%2F%2Fwww.scarymommy.com%2Fparenting%2Fevery-child-should-get-free-therapy%3Futm_campaign=43990%26utm_medium=scaryMommyDailyV2%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=33bffe7e-9403-4594-a37e-5a45d2b75c10/2/010001843f9c5c51-611b0c40-34f0-4d81-8cf9-2ce245769fad-000000/yvhUVFW4W_Ghb8QOvw2hiTu7asU=294) Today, Erin Lane is talking about one of the things that has helped sustain her as an adoptive mom: therapy. “It was one of the benefits of fostering — and later adoption — that my three school-aged girls came with the built-in support of Medicaid and, even more fortunately (and miraculously), a handful of high-quality therapists who took subsidized insurance. 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