While spending a lot of time with kids, NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit was so amused by some of their words, she teamed up with Greg Dunbar, a digital marketing manager with Walt Disney Studios, to create an Instagram account called Live from Snack Time to document them. They wanted to help adults understand that children are not always acting outrageously to seek attention, but instead thinking out loud as they constantly take in new information and solve problems. And it worked. The wholesome, funny, and ridiculous phrases immediately resonated with the Internet.
The last time we wrote about Live from Snack Time, it had about 100K followers. Fast forward a couple of months and now their fanbase is 281K big. Alyssa believes that, “Children are honest and curious, and while often perplexed, they’re brilliant”, and it perfectly shows in the quotes she shares. Continue scrolling and have a look for yourself!
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At first, Alyssa ran Live From Snack Time! anonymously. “My students were asking brilliant questions and their thoughts and comments were so pure. Kids say all the things we wish we could,” she told Bored Panda. “Sure, the quotes are sometimes hilarious, but there is also so much meaning, anxiety, curiosity, and joy behind them. It’s fascinating as much as it is entertaining and I really wanted to encourage people to actually listen to kids.”
Soon after she launched the project, her good friend Greg Dunbar started designing the quotes for Instagram. At the same time, their followers began sending them quotes from the mouths of their own kids and students, so the two friends decided to share submissions as well. 5 years later, the quotes we see on Live From Snack Time! are largely submitted from people around the world.
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Me too!
Alyssa and Greg have realized through this process that the things kids say are just so relatable. “Some quotes are perfect for a quick laugh, while others have so much heart and are exactly what you need after a long, exhausting workday. Kids have questions and comments about every topic you could imagine. Our goal is for adults to take these comments seriously, address the big feelings and wild questions, and still laugh along the way!” They think people have been responding so well to their content because it’s light-hearted, pure, and honest.
Live From Snack Time! gets around 100 submissions per week, but they’ve seen such a boost recently (as you can imagine) with parents being around their kids a bit more due to the pandemic. “We’re also fascinated that these submissions literally come from all over the world. Just this week we had submissions from the US, Canada, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Thailand, Finland, Italy, Maldives, South Africa, and Uganda.”
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This 6 year old is speaking the truth.
“We get such a wide variety of quotes, we do our best to find ones that we know will make people laugh or smile. We also sometimes try to pare submissions to things that are happening in pop culture and the world which sometimes sheds a light on topics that are resonating with kids around the globe,” Alyssa explained.
Alyssa added that they hope to keep people laughing, grounded, and connected during this uncertain and scary time. “It’s fascinating to read kids from Australia or Africa saying the same things as kids in the United States. Turns out we’re not so different after all! What a concept!”
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I’m 53, and when I am hungry, I tend to react the same way..
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Naaaw, that’s just adorable.
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Tears are good, they remind you; that you are still alive.
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That is a bit cold…
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i know right!!
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This kid is smart
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Same buddy. Same
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Future motivational coach
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Serious problem
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Wellcome to adulthood.
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Unfortunately, he has a point. Children are experts in reflecting on absud behaviour of adults…
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I will forever call parmesan glitter. Thanks kid!
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13 hours ago
I agree this kid is awesome for having that kind of confidence.
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Maybe it should be use your brain, and not your mouth?
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Hahahahahahahaha!
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11 hours ago
We need more of this. But preferably take the carpet after the duet.
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words of wisdom
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I can relate 😆
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Yes sister
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fair enough
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LITERALLY ME
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5 hours ago
This kid is awesome.
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Can I be Copellia?
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Kid knows how to work the system.
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13 hours ago (edited)
so that’s why i feel better now since i’m working from home 😀
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This is creepy cute.
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🍕 🍕 🍕
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Woah there-
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Know the feeling…
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Yey
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Same here
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I know what you mean
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Yes queen
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Both are the same, only the games are different.
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Me as soon as I wake up
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That’s a valid reason.
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use this power wisely!
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XD future politician
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Almost.
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me every English lesson
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Some of the best conversations I have had is with myself.
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Yes!!
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Finally, someone on my side
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?
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I would love to turn into a triangle
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A politician in the making.
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Kid knows stuff.
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Get this kid a musical.
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Hugs to this wonderful kid.
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Love the qualifier.
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Ooof, that’s beautifully harsh! I’m going to take this one.
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If there is any toilet roll……
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Literally me now
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Break up with..?
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I’m 33 years old in spirit but 1000 years old in body.
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It’s not as glamorous as it sounds.
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i HATE jeans
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Lmao
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Same here
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When you are a dad you will realise that your dad didn’t FORGET the chips.
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What if I am a turtle?
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Thx
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Kids version of “Don’t call us, we’ll call you…”
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Me, every monday 😛
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Yes…… If Santa maintains social distancing and washes his hands..
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Same
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I should put this on my wall.
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Saved
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Long term planning. The kid is better at it than some president we know.
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…On contracts signing your life away for dull underpaying jobs
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i think he got a point there…
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Math back then made my mouth water too, kid
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Accurate.
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It’s a bit better when you get paid to do it as well 🙂
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8 hours ago
That’s a bad combination.
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This is me but not
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Me when I was seven (replace he with she, boyfriend with girlfriend)
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Okay then-
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Ooh this is precious…
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It sounds lie Ms. O from Odd Squad
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I feel ya kid, I really do.
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YES
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Awww. So cute!!
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Good tip
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Some eat plants and some eat meat. Now go to bed.
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Charli demilo be like
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Aren’t we all
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Mate I wanted a cheeseburger
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He or she will find out that this isn’t always true.
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on not pizza day everybody dies then on pizza day everybody comes back to life for pizza and there is no school because pizza
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Sociopath in the making
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Okay no 5 year old should be listening to Lizzo
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It really isn’t
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the leftover hair on your head that didn’t fall off will come off in the water and float all around you being scratchy and they will follow you where ever you go because the got stuck to your arms and now you need another shower but wait the water is too hot and it burns the rest of your hair off great now you are bald.
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Valentines day catch phrase
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*Analyzes the noodles and takes samples on the pasta sauce
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W- where do you work?
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Said on day one of isolation. Wait til day 3.
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You are too kind
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Been there
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Or, rather, the end of it.
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