Resources
Laura and Vincent, chapter leaders of the New York City Chapter, are the official spokespeople for No Kidding! International.
Media Coverage
- June 10, 2006 - Shortly before the 2006 No Kidding! Annual Convention in Toronto (5th Annual Child-Free Festival), Laura and Vincent were interviewed for a feature on public radio's Weekend America about their decision to be childfree. Listen to the interview: [ RealAudio ].
- February 21, 2006 - Laura and Vincent appeared in a news story on FOX Focus, Child-free...by Choice, that aired on FOX Chicago News.
- January 30, 2006 - Michael Amdur was interviewed for an article, Childfree by Choice: When babies simply don't fit the equation, that appeared in the New York City edition of Newsday.
- November 16, 2005 - Vincent Ciaccio was the subject of an article, Choosing Vasectomy Street, published in the Chicago Tribune, RedEye Edition.
- June 2005 - Vincent was interviewed by radio show The Hideout on Orlando's Clear Channel station WTKS. Since they have recently moved, their website is still in development.
- March 25, 2005 - The Kindest Cut - In a radio interview for The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, Vincent discusses his decision to have a vasetomy at an early age. You can listen to the entire show (RealAudio stream) and read listeners' comments.
- February 17, 2005 - Children? No, thank-you. Vincent is interviewed for a radio segment on FM4 about his choice not to have children. Listen to the interview: [ MP3 | RealAudio | WMA ].
- February 11, 2005 - In a segment for CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, Laura and Vincent are interviewed about their decision to remain childfree. Although the video clip is not available, you can read the program transcript. A DVD of this segment along with his appearance with Jerry on Sally Jessy and Global is available upon request.
- February 7, 2005 - Is it Hip to Snip? Salon.com studies the phenomenon of childfree men with vasectomies; chapter leaders Laura and Vincent are featured. Also available is an article, To breed or not to breed, part of a on Salon.com Life series about the childfree phenomenon.
- July 18, 2004 - LIFESTYLE CHOICE: Childfree Zone - Vincent's Masters thesis is cited as a resource for this article by the Las Vegas Review Journal about No Kidding!
- October 20, 2003 - Unmarried America - Vincent is featured in this Business Week cover story about his decision to remain childfree.
- Childless By Choice - a CBS segment featured No Kidding! New York City chapter, filmed at Tracy and Jared's home. A video clip is available on the CBS website
- March 12, 2002 - No Kidding, these people don't want children - The Canadian Television Station Global National did a segment on No Kidding!'s first convention on March 12, 2002. Vincent was interviewed about his Masters Thesis on the Childfree for this television segment.
- March 11, 2002 - Oxygen TV 8-minute segment on Pure Oxygen. Jared was featured in this segment. [ RealVideo - small 4.3 MB | Quicktime - small, 9.6 MB | Quicktime - large, 18 MB | Windows Media - very large, 85 MB]
- February 14, 2002 - Choosing Child-Free. Kathleen was quoted in an ABCNews.com article.
- 2001 - Vincent, Laura, founding non-father Jerry Steinberg, and Ty were featured on the Sally Jessy Raphael TV Talk show. Although no information is available online, the transcript is available from NBC and the NYC Chapter can provide DVD copies of the segment on request.
- In addition, Vincent and Laura have also been interviewed for articles in the Wall Street Journal, French Elle magazine, and FM4 radio station in Austria. The No Kidding! New York City chapter has also been featured on French television and is participating in a documentary for the European television station ARTE.
- ChildFree News: A collaborative effort to collect news relevant to the childfree community.
- Child-free.com: Resources for the childfree community.
- BellaOnline's Married No Kids site
- NO KIDDING! International
- The Childfree Ring
- Petition to movie theatres to have special times for movies without children allowed in the theater.
- Kids, Candy & The Grocery Store [ Windows Media video, 2 MB ]