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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 party? Peace sign. Showing off the robot he made out of Legos? Peace sign, obviously. (By contrast, I’m not sure I’ve ever actually seen him do bunny ears, a common way for kids in my generation to lightly prank one another.)

It’s not just him.

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