Home Safety Issues. Search Search. Child Criminal Safety Issues. Child Protection. Statistics About Grooming and Online Predators There are an estimated , online predators active each day.
How Do Online Predators Operate? Signs that a Child is Being Groomed Online Online grooming may be difficult to detect because it often occurs while a child is home and simply using the computer. Presented by Michael E. Home Disclaimer Privacy Policy. Justia Law Firm Website Design.
Predators view the process of finding and tracking down a child as a hunt and a game. They spend a lot of time, over many months, breaking down barriers to get the child to feel comfortable enough to divulge personal information. We refer to this process as "grooming.
Grooming includes fishing, mirroring, luring, and any other means by which a predator prepares a child to become a victim. Predators develop relationships by offering whatever a child seems to need, emotionally or literally luring them with gifts. Some children who are sad, bored, or lonely will turn to the Internet to have an emotional need met.
Predators will sometimes send obscene material or request that kids send pictures of themselves. Therefore, it's important to teach your kids to be on their guard whenever they're online. Teens are generally more at risk from predators. Explain that meeting up in person could put her in real danger. Make clear that predators could use this information to find people offline. No one wants to spy on their children. But if you suspect your child is hiding a risky relationship, you might want to consider installing software to monitor her online activities or gain access to instant messages.
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