Another day, another new challenge is going viral online. This time, it’s a cookie sharing challenge, which is designed to see whether a small child will share a treat with their parents.

What does the TikTok "cookie challenge" mean for parents? Fox News Digital spoke to a social worker who revealed whether children's reactions are a show of empathy or just instinctual.

Parents are presenting their kids with an ethical dilemma in the viral TikTok "cookie challenge." The online challenge consists of the children getting two cookies while one of their parents gets ...

The basis of the challenge is that both parents and their child have a plate that is covered. When unveiled, one parent has a cookie, the child has two cookies and the other parent has an empty plate.