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NYC School Teacher Shares Wholesome And Hilarious Quotes From Little Kids, And We Wish We Had Stayed That Pure (50 New Pics)
Kids are natural poets. Even the ones that are too young to read and write can drop a line that's so funny, so beautiful and so profound, Shakespeare would shamelessly steal it if he was still around.
NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit "believes children are honest and curious, and while often perplexed, they’re brilliant – and that it's a teacher's job to take what children say seriously." Cowit was so fascinated by the phrases that were coming out from her kindergarteners that she teamed up with Greg Dunbar, a digital marketing manager with Walt Disney Studios, and started Live from Snack Time, to achieve them.
Accepting submissions from around the globe, they have grown the project to more than 625k followers and have helped adults understand that children aren't just seeking attention, but also think out loud, soaking up new information, and solving problems 24/7.
Continue scrolling to check out some of the best phrases Live from Snack Time received, and fire up our earlier articles here, here, and here for more kids' wisdom.
More info: LiveFromSnackTime.com | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
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RandomBeing 4 years ago
Because we don't last forever and if we died they would be sad
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When my colleague Liucija reached out to Alyssa and Greg, the creators of Live From Snack Time, they said that during the pandemic when people had more time with their families, they saw an abundance of submissions and new followers hit their account.
“We've seen tremendous growth of both our community and the [number] of quotes they are submitting. In a time of so much uncertainty and sadness and fear, I think people looked to us for light humor and relatable content,” they explained.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago (edited)
Many of us adults wish we'd had that as a life goal, believe me. In my case it would be in Spain with a 100 cats...
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Whatshername 4 years ago (edited)
That is the cutest thing I ever heard. I'm picturing Agnes from Despicable Me, almost exploding because she held all those hugs in for way too long.
Allan Breum 4 years ago
Sure, its sweet when a 3 year old kid does, but when I, a 38 year old male does it, its "Harassment"... :P
The duo are always trying to find new ways of how to engage their fans. Recently, for example, Live From Snack Time partnered with a family in the UK (Woodism_Ink) who create art based on their autistic son's amazing quotes. “This helped bring awareness and acceptance for autism and raised money for an important charity!”
Another important expansion of their project introduced a collection of children's book suggestions on their website. “We feel that children's books are one of the most effective and practical tools for initiating critical conversations about race and racism, so with the help of our incredible community of followers, we developed a library of books organized by reading level and linked to purchase them from Black-owned bookstores.”
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Daria B 4 years ago
I understand this one. Sometimes it just goes through you. You read and read, and maybe even understand the content superficially, but you just can't seem to get it inside your head, feeling kind of absent. It does happen, however, that this knowledge gets into your head days, even years later, after you've read it. Sometimes your brain delays the knowledge.
Lawrence Thatcher 4 years ago
I'm sorry, I didn't understand this comment.
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Philly Bob Squires 4 years ago
At my age, I always say "the hard drive is still spinning but the data is flying off..."
Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
This one was so cutely put that I had to laugh out loud. Does the term ‘Reading Comprehension’ ring any bells, fellow pandas?
LiamTheBot 4 years ago
#relatable I do this all the time I think I read whatever and I’m thinking of something else and I’m like what did I read?
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Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
I'm my father's daughter AND my mother's daughter! What a coincidence
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
How sweet. Mind blowing. Now tell him that his mommy name is not mommy.
Diana Pahule 4 years ago
If no one tells you why someone is called an aunt how would you know?
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A B C 4 years ago
That might actually be a good line of reasoning to make kids enjoy school more
Nooberton 4 years ago (edited)
As broken and retarded as the school system is, at least in America, I don’t think kids will ever enjoy an authoritarian, tyrannical, and abusive system designed for factory workers that does nothing but cram them with useless information and cause them to be burnt out, stressed, and have mental health issues for no reason but to “learn” pointless stuff.
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But even with all the new campaigns, Alyssa and Greg manage to keep their content as interesting as ever. Each day, Live From Snack Time successfully proves that kids can be as (if not more) creative than the adults that raise them.
Alyssa and Greg said that at this point, with “submissions from 6 continents (c'mon Antarctica!), we have living proof that kids are talking about the same topics and have similar questions around the world, especially when it comes to the pandemic.”
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
My Mom questioned my parenting skills when I let my kids eat peach pie with whipped cream for breakfast. And her favorite breakfast at IHOP? Pancakes with strawberries & whipped cream. Hypocrite.
indiecognition 4 years ago
A muffin is just an extra large cupcake without icing, and often with one "healthy" ingredient.
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earringnut 4 years ago
He'll have way too much money from all the kids he doesn't have to live in a basement.
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Kiryn Silverwing 4 years ago
So... get married and then don't have kids! Lots of my friends do it. Problem solved.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Amen, kid. Amen. (Hence the over 1,000 books in my home library).
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Piet Puk 4 years ago
I'd love to see a Netflix special about a day in Ezekiel's life! Cue "Breakers Revenge"!
Night Owl 4 years ago
Breakdance is my favorite mode. Sadly, there's no way my body would let me even try it (I'd most likely end up in a hospital)
Allie Salmon 4 years ago (edited)
Anybody else dying to see an angry breakdancing four year old😂
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Nonexistant Shoelace 4 years ago
For FATHER'S DAY, yes FATHER'S DAY, my brother made a card that said "dear mom, thank you for feeding me and giving me love. Love your best kid, D. Dad: I love you!"
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
My son turned 41 this year and unfortunately lives 1250 miles away. At the end of each phone call he tells me, "I love you, to the moon & back Mommy". My reply is always "Beyond sight & sound, kid".
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A B C 4 years ago
That little dude has quite the imagination. I hope he doesn't mix up any names.
Will sell soul for corn chip 3 years ago
Dude, i have tons. Been making them since I was 6 and now I'm 17. Literally my lives work
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Legen ( wait for it ) dary 4 years ago
I think this kid is on the " I prefer dogs then persons" team. Welcome buddy.
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Ivo H 4 years ago
"Aaaand it's my preferable time measurement unit from now on." - Ivo H, 31 quesadillas old
the they/them mayhem 4 years ago
"and now i know how im describing my age." - user "the they/them mayhem", 14 quesadillas old
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Kids can detect chips, candy, cookies, all that stuff, from several rooms away. Dogs can too.
Willem Groenewald 4 years ago
After my kids go to bed, I always get a "what's that?" when a crack open a pack of anything.
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Martin Kaine 4 years ago
I feel if more adults said things like this, the world might be a better place.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
He was probably 3 and 3/4 when he had his Dylan fling... I am pretty sure they only count in quarters... like accountants.
ThEboRedEsTpANdA 4 years ago
'My late 3's'. Is that the last few months of being three or what?
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GFSTaylor 4 years ago
It's a little sad that a 6 year old girl should be thinking about looking gorgeous and how she looks. I know that maybe she's just positive about herself and her life, which is great, but it also reads as though she's been told a lot that surface appearance is important and to be celebrated.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
It works when you don't have a boyfriend too. I usually dance with a dog or cat when I really need a partner.
Agamemnon Padar 4 years ago
For 15 years. To dance with a girlfriend is wonderful, but a mop does alright too. Play the cards you are dealt 😁
PeachPossum 4 years ago
Gene Kelly's reincarnation recalling the mop dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNOSj0gQ1PU
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Good advice, that! I have an old wine bottle shaped like a fish that I use for dish soap. It has a label on it that says "Do Not Drink". My 9 y/o niece asked why I had that sign & my reply was "Good advice, that!" She says, "Aunt Michelle - why are you so weird?". My response? "Because I work at it!" I'm hoping a book will sell & I'll make enough money to advance to "eccentric".
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I too have an unreasonable reaction to cheese. Without cheese, is life even worth living?
Nonexistant Shoelace 4 years ago
Ew. I don't want to think abour puking down.
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Joanna Werman 4 years ago
Let your parents know and maybe this can become dream much sooner than you realized
memyselfandI 4 years ago
Guess what, you can have a purse whenever you want! I started carrying one (without losing it) as a teenager, but I’m sure I had plenty others before them. Im not sure about the whole carrying nuts thing, no nuts at school.
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I'd go for hickory smoked almonds, but the basic notion is a sound one...
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Nooberton 4 years ago
Like liberals and socialists and pro-choice people!!
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earringnut 4 years ago
When I wake up in the morning and my mother wants to discuss the up coming day, week and five reincarnations.
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Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
Figuring out your deal is how life works, Clarissa, it is the exact truth. You do something, it is great for a while, then it goes wrong, you stop, you start again... .... but it is never the same and you get bored and do something else. You move on. You grow up. That’s the deal.
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Stacy Parker 4 years ago
I married a William. He is funny. That IS important for the marriage.
Anna roberts 4 years ago
Someone asked me how I knew my husband was the one, my reply, He can make me laugh when I want to kill him.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Gotta give props to that kid! My husband & I share a really dark & sarcastic sense of humor, and I am not kidding when I say not a day has gone by in 14 years that he hasn't made me laugh (sometimes AT him, but I digress). What a lot of people simply don't understand is that we're basically quoting movie lines to each other - ALL THE TIME.
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Will Vega 4 years ago
You are the adult just invite them to the eating party in bed.
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Aroace tiger (any pronouns) 4 years ago
That's my plan. I just have to hope my siblings have kids =)
Load More Replies... Jennifer Crompton 4 years ago
HEY!! I didn't know this was an option!! I totally would have gone this route instead of raising my own kids
Thomas Ewing 4 years ago
Stay single until you are grey, then EVERYONE thinks you're a grandparent! Win!
Load More Replies... Allan Breum 4 years ago
Well Technically, adopting would take care of it.
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Béla Kun 4 years ago
Tell that to my gastric system, if I eat chocolate I will wish myself to be dead at least for a day.
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Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
Eat it before you fall asleep. I once woke up to melted chocolate in my sheets. I thought it was something else.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
And if someone asks what those brown stains are, you just lick them and say that it tastes like poop.
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Yort 4 years ago
Everyone’s all “yasss go girl” but we have no context. What if she made the mess? What if she’s one of those brats who refuses to ever pick up after herself because that’s what janitors or her parents are for?
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Nonexistant Shoelace 4 years ago
Yes they are. At least, if you're me...am I wrong in the mind?
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Salads aren't for birthdays... except maybe potato salad if you're having a picnic. CAKE is always for birthdays.
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Couch potato 4 years ago
Ah, yes, it would be. Except the fact that people's heads rest on you all the time.
Thomas Ewing 4 years ago
Especially if you were a Zombie Vampire pillow! (What a horror movie!)
RandomHumanBean 4 years ago
except for if you live in my house. then your face would get jumped on alot by my bro and sis.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I think being a pillow would get boring pretty quickly... except when there were people on you.
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Jorie 4 years ago
I asked my son the same question at about that age. He replied, "A eyebrow." Turns out, he became an optometrist! Close enough!
Chantal Cloutier 4 years ago
LOL Avocado, in French, is avocat which is the word for lawyer as well. Maybe she is bilingual and mixing the two? I prefer to think not!
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Gaya Knust 4 years ago
That's how I feel on the inside if I see a crush of mine, too...and I just turned 30 😅
Kiddo 4 years ago
Good for you:) You should let them know if you haven't already. Maybe it will work out:)
Load More Replies... Mia Jensen 4 years ago
I was at my local show one time and literally did this. Then we walked past him and I tripped up a hill. Worst day of my life.
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Gay_Forg 4 years ago
When you are a time traveler and know they got their Gilbert :)
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I have a friend named Gilbert, and a friend who cares for snakes in the zoo... I am going to make the suggestion... maybe Gilbert the Garter Snake?
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Truth! Family taco time is something we do every month (we're Scandinavian heritage in the US, btw). Hey - who doesn't like TACOS?
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VesselTrenchBlurryface 4 years ago
The only thing I looked forward too when I played soccer at 5
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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Poor dear Ruby had a long day. I hope she had a lovely bubble bath.
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Beta 4 years ago
Now if this was the other way around there might be comments saying that it’s sexist
Allena Sharpe 4 years ago
Lighten up. We're talking about s**t kids are saying.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
IKEA for me... used to enjoy Staples too but then they shut them down in the UK.
Kiryn Silverwing 4 years ago
Big stores are a magical place for my 5-year-old. She loves to walk through all the toy aisles and point out all the things she wants for Christmas.
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My O My 4 years ago
Here you go * hands over two pieces, one chocolate one strawberry
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RoseTheMad 4 years ago
All those other planets named after gods/goddesses and meanwhile Earth just means "ground" .-. (from Old English Eorthe)
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Shine Caramia 4 years ago
My kid and I talk a lot about the difference between talent and skill, because she's really talented and often coasts without putting any effort into things.
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Kiryn Silverwing 4 years ago
Storks are always watching you. Just like Santa.
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Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago (edited)
I prefer limited exposure to the few "drama llamas" I know too...
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My O My 4 years ago
Yessss! And I'll make some pancakes for us after work
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Bernadette Circle 4 years ago
That reminds me of myself when I was young and naive. We had visited my uncle and aunt at their condominium. I said, “When I grow up, I want to live in a condom.” I facepalm every time people mention condos now.
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RoseTheMad 4 years ago
Not long now, scarily enough. This year seems to have flew by.. though I guess to a child it lasts longer. Time really passes you by once you get past 20 :/
Lynn Morello 4 years ago
We had Christmas, only a ew months ago, Why is it Nearly Christmas again
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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Cell phones make this entirely too common. Undivided attention is a rare treat.
Wondering Alice 4 years ago
I'm thinking, because of the no calls at the weekend, this could be a lockdown thing. I'm not disagreeing with you, but sounds like this kid might be isolating with a working parent
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Inga Rinehart 4 years ago
i apparently told something similar to this to my parents who used to drive from seattle to san Francisco quite often when i was very young. one timeon the drive back home at age 5 or so, i said " next time, im taking a helicopter."
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Bernadette Circle 4 years ago (edited)
I feel this. I like to crack open a cold Mountain Dew after a hard day.
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Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
For some reason these are the most enjoyable quotes. These are pretty bright kids with some complex ideas.
Jennifer .S 4 years ago (edited)
I once tutored a kid who told me all about his dreams to be a Minecraft youtuber and so doesn't need to go to school. When I tried to tell him about how important school is he shouted to me "I'm a GAMER, not a LEARNER!" and I still think regularly about that quote a lot. Makes my day almost every time.
Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
So I’m feeling “same, “ “me too,” “ ditto” on half of these … I must have a kid brain 🧠🧸
RandomHumanBean 4 years ago
i do :) although to be fair, you point still stands im not sure how much of a 'somebody' i count as :)
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
For some reason these are the most enjoyable quotes. These are pretty bright kids with some complex ideas.
Jennifer .S 4 years ago (edited)
I once tutored a kid who told me all about his dreams to be a Minecraft youtuber and so doesn't need to go to school. When I tried to tell him about how important school is he shouted to me "I'm a GAMER, not a LEARNER!" and I still think regularly about that quote a lot. Makes my day almost every time.
Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
So I’m feeling “same, “ “me too,” “ ditto” on half of these … I must have a kid brain 🧠🧸
RandomHumanBean 4 years ago
i do :) although to be fair, you point still stands im not sure how much of a 'somebody' i count as :)
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