Emojis help kids communicate abuse

[Potoooooooo]

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/28/tec....html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iid=obnetwork

Abused Emojis is a new iOS app and keyboard that aims to help kids and teens communicate difficult situations through images.
The idea was developed by Bris, a Swedish non-profit which manages a helpline for children and teenagers.
The organization says the app is intended to reflect and extend the kind of work Bris does.
"Every day we have contact with hundreds of kids through phone, chat and mail conversation," Bris explains on its site. "Many of the problems that children face today are stigmatized ...The Abused Emojis app is a symbol for our work to make children talk more freely about their situation."
The set of 15 emojis are based on existing icons, each revised to portray different types of physical and psychological harm.

 

[bilby]

And here I was thinking Emojis were to help kids abuse communications.

 

[krypton iodine sulfur]

I'm not good with interpreting these things. The bottom right seems to say, "I murdered someone, and now my dark and twisted soul is going to be tried as an adult." The two beside that are at least a little more clear; "I'm worried my friends will laugh because my parent's beverage choices poorly conform to pervasive gender stereotypes."

Actually, I do hope this sort of thing works well, but I truly don't know what some of them are going for. Top right is a bit of a mystery and shit head throws me off too. Perhaps I'm too old and out of touch with emoticons to understand, which isn't that much of a problem given I am not the target audience.

 

[thebeave]

I don't understand most of those. One happy kid looks like he has a big pile of frightened poo on his head. Another shows hands throwing up a bunch of triangles. A Chinese looking lady with an East Indian kid looking pretty disappointed with the beer they were served. And what's up with the brown kid dreaming about skulls? Is this a little Jeffrey Dahmer wannabe?