A couple of months ago, NPR reporter Lulu Miller tweeted a question. She knew a 5-year-old who was texting exclusively in emoji, and wondered if were there any studies about kids, too young to read, ...

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Some situations are just too hard to put into words even if you're the most eloquent person on the planet. So just imagine how tough it is for kids in troubled homes to tell someone, anyone, what they ...

So completely has emoji has become the language of the mobile age that you can now order a pizza with one. In fact, you’re probably wondering why the words you’re reading right now aren’t pictures of ...

There's an emoji for every situation---or at least, most of them. But abuse? Trauma? Domestic violence? The more serious a situation, the trickier it gets to convey. A new emoji pack wants to make ...

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