The absolute value of a number is its distance from 0. An easy way to think about this is that the absolute value turns a negative number positive, and has no effect on positive numbers. In this case, we are taking the absolute value of a negative number. This means we should simply make the number positive. Therefore, the answer is
Each child will get 2 cookies,with two leftover. Technically 2.28, but rounding to a whole number is 2, because you wouldnt give a child .28 of a cookie lol