I don’t think Abbie knows this is gang signs. I think Abbie has a “monkey-see, monkey-do” when the camera comes out. I know Isaiah has taught Abbie to pose like this a few times on previous vlogs. I can only imagine that Asa has picked it up too, after seeing the reactions he gets on those pictures.
It goes to show that it is all about the $$$$ and not about Abbie. I don’t think Abbie has naturally posed this way, EVER.
As a parent though, if I ever seen my child posing this way, or posing their sibling like this, I would immediately tell them to knock it off.
Like I tell my kids, you put out what you expect people to know about you. A picture can tell a lot about you and the person that you are. The people behind you, can show what kind of people you hang out with and what you are up to…
Hang around with book clubs and small social quiet circles, when the time comes that the police are looking for people involved, your name isn’t going to come out of the lips of others, saying you hang out with the dope heads down the street. On the other hand, hang out with the dope heads down the street, have a bunch of pictures on social media with them, when the police roll up looking for someone, your name is going to come up and you are going to get dragged in for questioning.. Doesn’t matter if you are guilty, you hang out with them, show off how gang-ish you are, it gives the police a right to drag you in.
I am just saying, pictures say a lot about people and showing off pictures like this, head held high, smug looks, and all, is definitely not something that I would personally be celebrating or laughing at. It would actually make me question the people that I have around my child, that would be influencing my child to look certain ways and act certain ways because they wouldn’t understand what that means or why it isn’t an appropriate thing to do..