By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Looking for a fun safe alternative to fireworks for children to use at an upcoming celebration. Consider making confetti poppers. This is a fun activity for 4th of July celebrations, birthdays and even New Year’s Eve parties.  
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By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Summer celebrations and holidays, like 4th of July, are full of fun and great memories. Most of our summer celebrations include spending time with family and friends, enjoying good food and maybe even enjoying a fireworks display. 
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By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center It does not matter if you are a child or an adult, being left out is tough!  However, as a parent how do you help your child understand and cope with those feelings of exclusion? One of 
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By: Rebecca Michelsen, M.Ed., MCHES, Community Outreach & Education Specialist, Penfield Children’s Center Your child comes home from school and tells you a classmate would not play with her.  For many parents we hear this story and do not think much about it, other than this is just kids being 
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We are so thankful to Northwestern Mutual Foundation for their generous gift of $75,000 for our Behavior Clinic! Penfield’s Behavior Clinic provides treatment services to children 6 years of age and younger who have behavior and emotional challenges. A partnership between Penfield and Marquette University, the Behavior Clinic is the 
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By: Courtney Clark, LPC, Psychotherapist and Training Coordinator at the Behavior Clinic, Penfield Children’s Center Redirection is a great way to help manage challenging behaviors by communicating what you want to see your child do instead of telling them to stop a certain activity. When a child hears the word 
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By: Sophie Gilbert, Penfield Children’s Center Giving birth to a child can be one of the happiest and most important moments in a woman’s life. While life with a new baby can be joyous and rewarding, it can also be stressful to deal with hormonal changes and what some call 
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[fusion_separator style_type=”none” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” sticky_display=”normal,sticky” class=”” id=”” flex_grow=”0″ top_margin=”30px” bottom_margin=”” width=”” alignment=”center” border_size=”” sep_color=”” icon=”” icon_size=”” icon_color=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=””][/fusion_separator] A child’s first haircut can be a bit scary, but don’t fret. Check out these tips and tricks for making your little one’s first trip to the salon a happy one!
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By: Sophie Gilbert, Penfield Children’s Center Giving birth to a baby is the start of a new journey. The changes that come with giving birth are beyond words, with hormonal shifts, changing lifestyle and activities, relationships with partners, and other challenges. But there are also opportunities for love, happiness, and 
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Learning to read can be both fun and challenging for children. Exposing them to a variety of picture books when they are little is an important step to teaching early literacy skills.
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