by Merle | Apr 14, 2023 | Announcements, Childfree Life, Communication, Deciding, Environment, Family, Fertility, In the Media, Parenting, Relationships
By Merle Bombardieri, MSW, LICSW At the microphone, the past few months were busy for me to spread the word about The Baby Decision and all of the life-changing topics that it covers. Help Existing Back on December 19, 2022, I discussed Part One of The Baby Decision...
by Merle | Dec 14, 2019 | In the Media, Parenting, Single Parenting, Timing
What if your dreams of starting a family with your partner were disrupted by a life-threatening diagnosis? Caitlin Gibson, a reporter for The Washington Post wrote a thorough and compassionate article for The Washington Post Magazine, online here, in print on...
by Merle | May 6, 2019 | Adoption, Ask Merle Q&A, Childfree Life, Counseling, Deciding, In the Media, Parenting, Relationships, Timing
By Caitlin Gibson | Read original story at the Washington Post. They arrive anxious for an answer. Or maybe, finally, a sense of peace. They arrive because they haven’t been able to resolve the biggest question of their lives: Do I want to be a parent? And so they...
by Merle | Apr 27, 2019 | In the Media, Parenting
On Wisconsin Public Radio, Merle talked to host Rob Ferret and New York Times reporter Hannah Seligson about how ignorance about childfree people prevents people from considering this choice. A privacy-craving father called in to warn introverts considering parenting...
by Merle | Sep 5, 2018 | Childfree Life, Counseling, In the Media
Scared to Have a Baby? New York Times reporter Hannah Seligson interviews me on millennials’ ambivalence about parenthood. She features my Baby Decision workshops and the book. The print version appeared in the Style section on 8/30/18, but the article also appears...
