The 'I love you' thing does seem like an articulation for reassurance which the child needs at this point. I'm guessing the cookie is not an actual physical cookie so much as 'a minor thing which the parent doesn't need to supervise but which the child calls to check in' which does read to me as 'a desire to hear parental voice and be reassured'.
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The 'I love you' thing does seem like an articulation for reassurance which the child needs at this point. I'm guessing the cookie is not an actual physical cookie so much as 'a minor thing which the parent doesn't need to supervise but which the child calls to check in' which does read to me as 'a desire to hear parental voice and be reassured'.