Little kids just love delicious snacks. We all love a good hashtag trend along with a cute video of adorable kiddies, making us laugh. Put them all together, and you get #fruitsnackchallenge

It’s currently huge on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Bored parents are filing a bowl of fruit snacks or candy and putting them in front of their toddler. Pressing play on their smartphone video and telling the toddler they can’t touch the snacks until they return. The parent then leaves the room and waits for the gold to happen.

As you know, only a few minutes is 10 years in toddler time. Who knew watching a toddler strain to practice delayed gratification would be so amusing?

If you want to have a giggle, have a look at some of the top videos on the following platforms.

There are over 2 million views with this hashtag on TikTok alone. But the trend isn’t so new. It goes back to the 1970s and started in a science lab.

A psychologist called Walter Mischel invented the Marshmallow Test at Stanford University. The experiment was set up to examine the theory of self-control in children under five. To see whether the child could defy the impulse for instant gratification if they were promised a more precious reward for waiting. If they simply couldn’t wait, the child could ring a bell and claim their single marshmallow instantly. If they waited, they got more.

The original study found that the longer a four-year-old was able to delay needing the marshmallow, the better they were able to control themselves and pursue academic and other goals when they were older.

It became a way to simply measure patience in a child. An important skill that makes a big difference later in life.

Years later, there was a study published by NYU researchers that debunked the social science theory. They indicated some flaws in the research and questioned the belief that a person’s entire success and personality could be projected by how they behaved as a four-year-old left alone with some candy.

There are some critics of the challenge. They feel it is sending kids the wrong message. Also, recreating a psychological experiment at home doesn’t sit well with some people. But, if you look at life, it is one big psychological experiment where children are learning all the time. Some people have pointed out the children know they are being filmed. So there is an inference that if you act cute, you will be rewarded with candy and an audience of internet strangers. That can be seen as a definite danger and sending the wrong message to children about expectations in behavior.

Regardless, there is an explosion of adorable children being filmed by parents to give some distraction to the current times of boredom. What are your thoughts on the #fruitsnackchallenge? Would you do it for some giggles?

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