What Are Examples of Grooming?

What is Grooming?

• Grooming involves manipulation and abuse.
• Targets vulnerable children for sexual abuse.
• Prepares for abuse through emotional connections.
• Meeting a child under 16 for abuse is illegal.

Grooming Statistics and Risks

• Back-to-school ideal time for traffickers to manipulate young people.
• Increased occurrences of online grooming crimes.
• Anyone at any age can be groomed.

Signs and Effects of Grooming

• Behaviors make victims dependent and isolated.
• Harms self-esteem and leads to psychological issues.
• Signs include flattery, gifts, secrecy requests.

7 Steps of Grooming

• Predators use grooming to gain trust for abuse.
• Involves education, setting boundaries, seeking help.

Legal Aspects of Grooming

• Any communication for abuse with a minor is illegal.
• Laws criminalize online and offline grooming.