Post by Jeanne Sager
If there was any one specific moment during President Barack Obama's inauguration when the nation realized his daughters aren't little girls anymore, this was it. Sasha and Malia Obama hammed it up as the elder girl took shots of their goofy faces and hand signals with her cellphone. Yes, they're still kids, but the first daughters have entered a world that confuses parents everywhere. Just what are teenagers trying to SAY with those hand signals on Facebook and Instagram? Should we be worried or is it all innocent fun? Maybe a little bit a both? The Stir asked a flesh and blood teenager to help us decode the teenage hand signals that crop up most often on social media, and while some of her answers sound like common sense, some others are pretty shocking.![]()
If there was any one specific moment during President Barack Obama's inauguration when the nation realized his daughters aren't little girls anymore, this was it. Sasha and Malia Obama hammed it up as the elder girl took shots of their goofy faces and hand signals with her cellphone. Yes, they're still kids, but the first daughters have entered a world that confuses parents everywhere. Just what are teenagers trying to SAY with those hand signals on Facebook and Instagram? Should we be worried or is it all innocent fun? Maybe a little bit a both? The Stir asked a flesh and blood teenager to help us decode the teenage hand signals that crop up most often on social media, and while some of her answers sound like common sense, some others are pretty shocking.