[Aerroon]

>Then she gets an angry text message from the kid's mother who believed her son was being punished specifically for making the "ok" symbol.

Based on what you said, isn't that exactly what happened? This paragraph makes it seem like your wife was punishing him for making that sign:

>Early last year she made a kid run laps after he low key photo-bombed the team picture by making the "Ok" symbol on one of his thighs.