有一天，我突然意识到一件事。
我好像给娃儿传递了一个错误信息。
前一天我居然跟他说：
“灯泡是爱因斯坦发明的。”
说完当下，其实也没多想。
直到第二天，才隐约觉得哪里不太对，
心里想着：找个时间得跟他纠正一下。
——
结果我还没开口，
他一放学就冲过来找我。
一脸很认真的样子：
“妈妈，我发现问题了！”
我问他：
“什么问题？”
他看着我，一脸不可思议：
“你怎么什么都不知道啊！
灯泡是爱迪生做的，不是爱因斯坦！”
——
我当场被抓包。
心里默默想了一句：
完了，形象没了。
但表面还是尽量稳住。
我笑着跟他说：
“哎呀，妈妈确实说错了。
最近脑子有点累，有时候会记混。”
“其实我今天本来就想跟你说，
昨天那个地方讲错了，
结果……我又忘了。”
我又补了一句：
“不过你不用担心，
妈妈休息一下就会好起来的。”
——
他本来一副要“教育我”的样子，
结果听我这么一说，
居然一下子就不追了。
事情就这样过去了。
——
那一刻我突然觉得有点好笑。
小时候总觉得——
大人是不会错的。
现在才发现——
孩子其实一直在“修正我们”。
——
更有意思的是，
那一刻我没有去解释太多，
也没有想办法把话圆回来，
就只是很简单地说了一句：
“我说错了。”
——
后来想想，
孩子学到的，
好像也不只是“灯泡是谁发明的”。
还有一些更小、但更重要的东西：
原来人是会记错的，
错了可以承认，
不完美也没关系。
——
有时候会觉得，
所谓成长，不只是孩子在长大。
也是我们慢慢学会——
在孩子面前，
做一个可以犯错、
也可以修正自己的大人。
婷妈的亲子日常 创作于 2026.04.15
原创发布： tingtingma.com
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Tingma’s Parenting Journal | 233. The Day I Got Corrected on the Spot
One day, I suddenly realized something.
I might have given my son the wrong information.
The day before, I had casually told him:
“The light bulb was invented by Einstein.”
At the time, I didn’t think much of it.
It wasn’t until the next day
that something started to feel a little off.
I thought to myself—
I should find a moment to correct it.
But before I even had the chance,
he ran up to me right after school.
With a very serious face, he said:
“Mom, I found a problem!”
I asked:
“What problem?”
He looked at me in disbelief:
“How do you not know this?
The light bulb was made by Edison, not Einstein!”
I got caught on the spot.
Inside, I was thinking:
Well… there goes my credibility.
But on the outside, I stayed calm.
I smiled and said:
“Oh, you’re right. Mommy did get that wrong.
I’ve been a bit tired lately, and sometimes I mix things up.”
“Actually, I was planning to tell you today
that I made a mistake yesterday…
but then I forgot.”
Then I added:
“But don’t worry,
once I get some rest, I’ll be back to normal.”
He had come in ready to “educate” me,
but after hearing that,
he suddenly softened.
And just like that,
he let it go.
In that moment,
I found it a little funny.
When we were little, we always thought—
Adults don’t make mistakes.
But now I realize—
Children are constantly correcting us.
And what’s even more interesting is,
I didn’t try to explain it away,
and I didn’t try to smooth it over.
I simply said:
“I was wrong.”
Later, I thought about it—
What he learned that day
was probably not just
who invented the light bulb.
It was something smaller,
but more important:
That people can make mistakes.
That mistakes can be admitted.
That it’s okay not to be perfect.
Sometimes I feel,
growth isn’t just about children growing up.
It’s also about us slowly learning—
to be in front of our children
as someone who can make mistakes,
and also correct them.
Tingma’s Parenting Journal
Written on April 15, 2026
Originally published on: tingtingma.com
Written for my child,
and for every adult who is still growing.
Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.
Originally written in Chinese by the author.
This English version was translated with the assistance of ChatGPT.