睡觉前，娃儿老捉弄我。后面来一句：“我不想睡觉，只想说话。”
我一边想着白天得多带他出去消耗一下精力，一边想着这很正常。于是我应他：“那你说吧！”
娃儿：“那我给你讲个故事吧！”
我：“好啊！”我倒想听听他到底要讲什么。
没想到娃儿一直讲，半个小时没停下来过。
他的英文水平已经是全家最好的了，中间很多我没听懂。我心里很想去拿手机录音，但是太累了，实在起不来。
于是我就迷迷糊糊地听他一直讲。
大概过了半个小时，他说完了。
问我：“刚刚这故事怎么样？”加入那个hen的语气，让我印象深刻。“是不是太长了？”
我意识到了他很想得到正面的反馈，但是又觉得自己讲太长了。
我赶紧回他：“还好，你讲得很好！”
为了让他觉得我有在认真听，我赶紧假装自己全听了。问他：“我都不知道什么时候植物大战僵尸出故事了？”
他说：“不是，他们没有，我是按照他们的图片，加上自己编的故事。”
我回：“噢，原来是这样啊，你也太厉害了吧！”
好吧，心里再默默给他一个赞。
心想着，这可不是谁都能轻轻松松连续不停讲半个小时，还不带停的。
第二天晚上，他又自告奋勇来给我讲故事了。哈哈😆
小时后我给他讲故事，现在他给我讲故事，挺好的。
婷妈的亲子日常 创作于 2026.03.29
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Tingma’s Parenting Diary | 220. I Don’t Want to Sleep, I Just Want to Talk
Before bedtime, my son kept teasing me. Then he suddenly said,
“I don’t want to sleep, I just want to talk.”
On one hand, I was thinking I should take him out more during the day to burn off his energy. On the other hand, I knew this was normal. So I said,
“Alright, go ahead.”
Him: “Then let me tell you a story!”
Me: “Sure!” I was curious what he was going to come up with.
To my surprise, he kept talking—nonstop—for half an hour.
His English is already the best in our family, and there were parts I couldn’t fully understand. I really wanted to get my phone and record it, but I was too tired to get up.
So I just listened, half-asleep, as he kept going.
After about half an hour, he finally finished.
Then he asked me,
“How was the story just now?”—with that little hen tone that really stuck with me—“Was it too long?”
I realized he really wanted positive feedback, but at the same time, he was a bit unsure if he had talked too much.
So I quickly replied,
“It was good—you did a great job!”
To make him feel like I had really been listening, I added,
“I didn’t even know Plants vs. Zombies had stories like that.”
He said,
“No, they don’t. I just used their pictures and made up my own story.”
I said,
“Oh, I see! That’s amazing—you’re so creative!”
And in my heart, I gave him another quiet thumbs-up.
I thought to myself, not everyone can talk continuously for half an hour like that without stopping.
The next night, he volunteered again to tell me another story. Haha 😆
When he was little, I used to tell him stories.
Now he tells stories to me.
That feels pretty nice.
Tingma’s Parenting Diary
Written on March 29, 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.