Child Grooming, a Mode of Child Abuse that is Rarely Aware of
Child grooming is a technique of manipulating a child's mind for a specific purpose. The most frequent purpose of these techniques is for sexual exploitation and abuse. If left unchecked, child grooming can have an impact on the physical and mental health of children. Child grooming occurs when adults make certain efforts to build trust and bond emotionally with children or adolescents with the aim of manipulating, harassing, and exploiting them. Children or adolescents can experience this act of harassment directly or through social media. More about Child Grooming A person is said to have experienced child grooming if the perpetrator has a special purpose to manipulate the child's mind since childhood. For example, the perpetrators we call "predators" will target children to adjust their way of thinking so that they are obedient and more "obedient" to their directions and orders. This process is usually not short and most of the victims cho...