{"id":4110,"date":"2015-10-29T10:20:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T14:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2016-06-28T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T18:03:52","slug":"ways-to-tell-your-kids-they-are-triff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/ways-to-tell-your-kids-they-are-triff\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Tell Your Kids They Are Triff!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Triff. Not a word you hear just every day. But a word, nonetheless. Because I said it is! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Many years ago, early into my cottage class teaching of homeschoolers, I had favorite words\/sayings that I made up to write on kids\u2019 papers.<\/p>\n Two phrases really–<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If a student got one of these marks on their paper that week, they knew that they had done a great job.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (To this day, fifteen years later, younger siblings of kids who used to be in classes many years ago, ooh and ahh over a paper with one of those phrases, saying that, according to big brother or big sister, those words are the gold standard of all grading\u2014better than a 100%, an 11\/11, or an A+! Don\u2019t you just love kids???)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Of course, I didn\u2019t just use those words with my students, for they actually originated with my own TRIFF kids and their wowsie, wow, wow behaviors, attitudes, and helpfulness.<\/p>\n And guess what? I still use those with my sweet almost-two-year-old grandson. (He is truly TRIFF!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You don\u2019t have to tell your kids they are TRIFF in order to affirm and praise them. But you do have to tell them they are something. Something good. Something desirable. Something to be celebrated and appreciated.<\/p>\n Obviously, a pat on the back and simple, \u201cGreat job up there\u201d when he sits down from playing the piano is great. As is a ruffling of the hair for a teen girl with the word \u201cAwesome\u201d as she is leaving the soccer field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But when you want to put it in writing, and even possibly be a little more specific, it is good to have Affirmation Cards.<\/p>\n You can make these yourself on the computer or even keep a sticky note pad on your desk and write them periodically\u2014sticking them to their bathroom mirror, headboard, notebook, etc. Or you can check out our newest ones to download<\/a>, cut, and have on hand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nTRIFF\u2014short for terrific<\/span><\/h3>\n
Wowsie, wow, wow!<\/span><\/h3>\n