LifeWhy kids are all posing like this in picturesDecoding the long history of Gen Alphas favorite photo pose.by Anna NorthSep 4, 2025, 11:45 AM UTCShareGiftIts become a generational go-to. Thomas Barwick via Anna North is a senior correspondent for Vox, where she covers American family life, work, and education.
Previously, she was an editor and writer at the New York Times. She is also the author of four novels, including the forthcoming Bog Queen, which you can preorder here.This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Voxs 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 brothers head.Or so I thought.Thats not nice, I told my older kid. He looked at me blankly.What? he said.
Its just a peace sign.I believe him. For at least a year, the peace sign has been my kids go-to photo pose.
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