How do you know if you are being groomed?

Signs of grooming Send you lots of messages. ... Ask you to keep your conversations secret. ... Try to find out more. ... Start sending you sexual messages. ... Get you to share personal information. ... Try to blackmail you.

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It's important to remember that there isn't one 'type' of groomer. Many different kinds of people have used the internet to trick, force or persuade young people into sharing sexual images of themselves. Often it's an adult pretending to be a young person – but not always.

Grooming online

When people are online, they can hide who they really are. They might send you a photo or video they say is of themselves when it isn't actually them. So it's important to be really careful and not trust people online if you can't be sure who they are. Sometimes the person might pretend to be like you and have the same interests or problems as you. They could just be doing this to get you to trust them, so later on they can get you to do what they want.

Grooming doesn't only happen online

It can happen with people you've already met in person, for example through your family or at a club you go to. If someone is an abuser, they might be nice to you, give you their attention and buy you presents. They could do this to try and make you like them. Once you start to trust them more, they might try to start to turn your relationship into something more sexual. They might try to give you gifts or even threaten you with violence so that you don't tell anyone. People like this can be very convincing and will try really hard to get you to do what they want. If something doesn't feel right, it's a good idea to tell someone you trust. If anyone is making you feel uncomfortable because they're saying or doing sexual things to you, you should tell someone what is happening. Talk to a Childline counsellor – they'll always try to help you.

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