Title: Child Grooming - Child Abuse - LAWS.com
Headings: Child Grooming
Child Grooming
What is Child Grooming?
Steps Involved in Child Grooming Behavior
Other Types of Child Grooming
How to Recognize Child Grooming
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Content: At some point, the predator will introduce a level of secrecy between the child and the parents. The predator may allow the child to engage in activity the parents would not approve of such as staying up late or eating junk food. These secrets eventually result in the predator making threats to maintain a level of secrecy after sexual contact has started. They may tell the child that they’ll hurt a family member if they tell or tell the child that their parents will hate them if they tell. Other Types of Child Grooming
Predators will often target children who are trusting, quiet or a victim of abuse in the past. The level of touch will continually increase, and the predator
may even spend time with the child during bedtime. They try to isolate the child and increase the level of contact to see how the child reacts. Predators also engage in the following types of child grooming: · kissing the child in an inappropriate way
· holding the child on their lap when the predator is aroused
· playing tag and pulling down the child’s pants
· touching that seems harmless like wrestling, tickling, or massaging
· treating the child like they are equal or a spouse
How to Recognize Child Grooming
Many parents believe that child grooming is preventable if a close family member or friend helps take care of the child. This is a myth.