About Erica Bellamy

Stories by Erica

	SEXUAL HARASSMENT By Tresha Charles, 7, Carlos Galliani, , Erica Bellamy, 11, , Sexual harassment doesn't wait for the workplace. If you're a girl, boys nudging you or saying sexual things to you are just part of life. It doesn't feel like sexual harassment; it's just the way guys grow up. Boys say girls should feel flattered that some guy likes them enough to make sexual comments or to touch them. But the guy doesn't do it because he likes you, because if he likes you,
	Kids reveal emotions, new obligations and value of family By Erica Bellamy, 11, Kia Woodson, When your parent is sick, you have to take on more responsibilities. Sometimes you get mad because they throw everything on you at once, but then you realize that you really love them and nothing is more important than they are. Over the years, cancer will occur in three out of every four families, according to the National Institutes of Health. In recent phone interviews, Children's Express
	Children who have PARENTS WITH CANCER By , , Erica Bellamy, 11, Katie Corydon, Cancer patients know that they might not be living long. They worry about what will happen to their kids, and they think about how much they want to be together and to love each other. The children of cancer patients feel bad, too. They are sad and lonely, and they don't know who they can talk to because they don't want to make anybody more upset. They pray that nothing bad happens and they c
	REMEMBER THE CHILDREN By Peter Ryan, , Christina Gleitz, , Joshua Richardt, , Erica Bellamy, 12, Laura Williams, 14 Many kids are not informed about the true story of the Holocaust. Many schools don't teach about it, and parents don't like to bring it up. Remember the Children: Daniel's Story was a traveling exhibit last spring at The Children's Museum to teach children ages 8 and up about the Holocaust - the time from 1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis from Germany killed millions of Jews becaus
	OUT OF THIS WORLD By Erica Bellamy, 11, Bonnie Hartley, 85, Ted Mosey, , Whitney Slaughter, 15 You're part of a space shuttle mission. You train the way every astronaut trains. You can even eat the same foods the astronauts eat. Jenni Waicukauski, a junior at Bloomington High School South, did that and plenty more. She and more than 140,000 other kids from around the world have attended programs by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., since 1982. "When I was little, I
	Nogales' teens-agers help improve life in the border town By Ben Young, , Erica Bellamy, 13, George Srour, In late November, Children's Express published a group of stories about the border town, Nogales, Ariz. The following story is part of that series. In the past few years, Nogales has been plagued by many problems, most stemming from its location across the border from Nogales, Mexico. Besides being a major drug trafficking spot, Nogales' sewers have recently been overtaken by a gang of homele
	COLLEGES: START WORKING NOW By Sara Berghoff, 13, Erica Bellamy, 13, Alice Russell, For many of us, planning for college can be a frightening thought. Each choice we make seems to add another sharp turn on the road to our future. However, we always wonder if we are headed in the right direction. Take Barbara and Walter, two fictitious high school juniors. Barbara wants to be a registered nurse but isn't sure if her grades are high enough for the college of her choice. Walter
	Young circus performers enjoy sharing feats of derring-do with their families By Chris Shannon, 4, Meganne Hoffman, , Bonnie Hartley, 84, Erica Bellamy, 11, Whitney Ford, , Ted Mosey, Teens talk about what life is like in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Fifteen-year-old Gery Kehaiova can do something few other teen-agers can: She can twirl 45 hoops around her neck, waist, arms and legs, all at the same time. She does this almost every day, sometimes three times a day, as a performer in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This year's edition of the circ