Why kids are all posing like this in pictures

It’s become a generational go-to. This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. My kids were posing for a picture the other day when the older one, like big siblings since time immemorial, threw up a pair of bunny ears behind his little brother’s head. Or so I thought. “That’s not nice,” I told my older kid. He looked at me blankly. “What?” he said. “It’s just a peace sign.” I believe him. For at least a year, the peace sign has been my kid’s go-to photo pose. First day of school? Peace sign. Birthday par