Grooming

What is grooming?

Grooming is when a person does things which may prepare a child for sexual activity at a later time.

Grooming can take many forms. It can involve:

  • building a relationship with a child or their families or carers for the purpose of creating circumstances so that child sexual abuse can occur
  • preparing a child for sexual activity with the groomer or another adult

Grooming can happen in-person or online.

The grooming itself does not always involve sexual activity or talking about sexual topics. It could be things done to prepare a child for sexual activity at a later time.

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