有一天，
看娃儿正在认真玩 iPad。
我不想让他太沉迷，
于是随口一问：
“What do you do if a friend is mean to you?”
他看了我一眼，
回答：
“Kick them out from your friend list.”
我心想，
这个做法不错。
没想到他又补了一句：
“Ban them from your Roblox account.”
我心想，
这个也可以有。🤭
那天晚上，
我躺着说：
“我背痒，帮我抓一下吧。”
这句其实是学他的。
因为他总喜欢让我帮他抓背，
然后一本正经地指挥：
“再上一点。”
“再下一点。”
“左一点。”
“右一点。”
抓没一会儿，
我发现他没怎么用力，
就说：
“你能不能重一点抓啊？你这样像蚂蚁似的！”
话音刚落，
他立刻发现了我不太礼貌的行为。
“什么？你说我是蚂蚁？我不给你弄了！”
我马上为自己辩护：
“没有，我不是说你是蚂蚁。我是说你抓得太轻，不够用力，像蚂蚁那样。”
没想到他根本不买账：
“不行，我不会再给你弄了。你对我太 mean 了，居然说我是蚂蚁。”
然后，
再一次不欢而散。
前一秒还是母慈子孝的画面，
下一秒他就觉得我冒犯到他了。
说“拉黑”就拉黑，
连妈妈也不例外。
😆
最近他的口头禅还有一句：
“You underestimate my value.” （你低估了我的价值）
underestimate 现在天天挂在嘴边。
快把我笑死了。
没想到养个孩子，
还能顺便学几个以后 SAT 能用得上的单词。🤭
婷妈的亲子日常 创作于 2026.06.15
原创发布： tingtingma.com
写给孩子，也写给正在成长的大人。
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Tingma’s Parenting Diary | 288. Not Even Mom Gets a Free Pass
One day, I saw my son playing on his iPad very seriously.
I didn’t want him to get too absorbed in it,
so I casually asked,
“What do you do if a friend is mean to you?”
He looked at me and answered,
“Kick them out from your friend list.”
I thought,
That’s not a bad idea.
Then he added,
“Ban them from your Roblox account.”
I thought,
That works too. 🤭
That night, I was lying down and said,
“My back is itchy.
Can you scratch it for me?”
Actually, I learned this from him.
He always asks me to scratch his back,
then seriously gives me directions:
“A little higher.”
“A little lower.”
“To the left.”
“To the right.”
After a short while,
I noticed he wasn’t using much force,
so I said,
“Can you scratch a little harder?
It feels like an ant!”
The moment the words came out,
he immediately realized
that I hadn’t been very nice.
“What?
You called me an ant?
I’m not doing it anymore!”
I quickly defended myself,
“No, I didn’t say you are an ant.
I meant you’re scratching so lightly,
like an ant.”
But he wasn’t buying it at all.
“No.
I’m not doing it anymore.
You’re too mean.
You even called me an ant.”
And so,
once again,
we ended on bad terms.
One second,
it was a sweet mother-and-son moment.
The next second,
he felt that I had offended him.
When he decides to “block” someone,
he really blocks them.
Not even Mom gets a free pass.
😆
Lately, he has another favorite phrase:
“You underestimate my value.”
The word underestimate
has become part of his daily vocabulary.
It makes me laugh so much.
Who knew that raising a child
could also help me learn
a few SAT words along the way? 🤭
Tingma’s Parenting Diary
Written on June 15, 2026
Originally published at: tingtingma.com
Written for my child, and for the adults who are still growing.
Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.
Originally written in Chinese by the author.
This English version was translated with the assistance of ChatGPT.