{"id":95589,"date":"2025-04-15T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=95589"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:59","slug":"tiktok-cookie-challenge-kids-sharing","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/tiktok-cookie-challenge-kids-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok’s Cookie Challenge: Why Some Children Share and Others Don’t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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@austingeter<\/a><\/section>\n\n\n\n

Doing the cookie challenge with Charlie. Just watch her sit there in between us just blocking us out the whole time \n

This article is republished<\/a> from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. All photos provided by The Conversation<\/a> from various sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Merkley<\/a> is an assistant professor of cognitive science, and Liza Kahwaji<\/a> is a Master’s student in psychology at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cookie challenge is one of the latest trends to go viral on TikTok. In the challenge, parents test how willing their child is to share a cookie. Typically, two adults and one young child each have a covered plate in front of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the covers are removed, the child has two cookies on their plate, while one parent has one cookie and the other has none. Most children subsequently either keep both cookies or give one to the parent who had none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big question these parents are asking is: will my child share their cookies with me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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@hannahcook1229<\/a> a true empath. love him so much #cookiechallenge<\/a> #toddler<\/a> #fyp<\/a> \u266c sonido original – Vibes by Ley<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n