Pedophiles' tricks to lure children that every parent needs to know
Sexual predators often use a variety of games, tricks, activities, and language to gain trust and deceive children.
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Find ways to build trust
Offenders often seek to gain the trust of the child and sometimes the parent. Over months or even years, the pedophile will try to become a close friend of the family, offering to babysit, take the child shopping, go out, or spend time alone with the child. In many cases, they will not commit abuse until they have gained a certain amount of trust.
Find ways to reach children
The argument that pedophiles make to parents is that their children will be safe with them or that they will not take them out too far, “just around the corner”. With children, pedophiles will try to approach them in the form of adults similar to their “parents”.
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| Buying gifts for children is a way that pedophiles often use to win their favor. Illustration photo. |
The more vulnerable a child is or the less attention they receive from their family, the easier it is for them to be targeted, as they are more likely to trust and like the abuser. Some abusers target children of single parents, who often do not supervise their children closely and convince them that they are good people who can look after their children when they are busy.
Use tricks to deceive and entice
Predators often use a variety of games, tricks, activities and language to gain trust and deceive children. These include: keeping secrets (this is valuable to most children, as it makes them feel valued and grown up); inviting children into sexual games, fondling, kissing, touching, sexually explicit acts; giving children sexually explicit materials, books, films.
In many cases, they try to bribe the child, give gifts and worst of all, trick the child into thinking that the pathological behavior is an expression of love. These tactics are used to isolate and confuse the child.
Isolate children - Create a private space for only the child and the bad guy
"Bluebeard" uses the close relationship with the child to create situations where the two of them are alone. This privacy makes the relationship even closer. They can use excuses such as babysitting, teaching the child, guiding the child to do this or that or going out alone.
The relationship becomes even deeper when the bad guys instill in the child the idea that only they can provide love, care, and affection that even parents cannot. Not only that, the parents also unintentionally help nurture that idea in their children. Parents sometimes mistake the special relationship between criminals and their children for a good relationship.
Stay in control
Once the child molestation has occurred, the perpetrator will use the secrecy and fear of being scolded and ridiculed to force the child to continue to keep it a secret, while maintaining the relationship. Children caught in this troublesome relationship are clearly trapped. If exposed, the child faces the risk of ending the relationship, the emotional and material care that the criminal brings. The child himself will feel the "loss" that will occur if the relationship is exposed.
According to Giadinh.net