"Grooming" (internet context :D)

Hey blogger.com!

I know, where is a whole two weeks of entries? I haven't had the time to write at all this holidays! :) I have a dance or two coming up at the end of the Holidays, so i was busy practicing ALOT. Me and a few of my friends were gonna have a funday outside, but the weather went horrible at the last minute, so we stayed inside, watched movies, spun the bottle, talked, ate food and laughed :D Twas rather fun ;) Well my ICT homework this holidays is to write about what "grooming" means in internet context: So I used the URL : www.netsafe.co.nz to help me out :) SO here it is :)

GROOMING- When a person uses cyber-technology to create a victim of sexual abuse from another person. When a stranger sets up or 'prepare'  another person to be a victim of sexual abuse.


This can happen when your online or not. For example: Chatrooms, social-networking/personal sites, the park, the mall the possibilities are practially endless, so you can see how dangerous this can be.


Groomers are very subtle in the way they ask personal questions. These 'questions' can start out innocent and harmless, but gradually get more and more personal even if the person being groomed doesn't realize it.

These groomers are very smart and are getting smarter. As they lie about their age, gender, looks, and personal information very easily, it is hard to tell them apart from the others. Always be very cautious when giving out ANY personal info, make sure that you know whos looking at it!!




To identify if you are being groomed look out for these signs:
-What you wear to school, what your wearing now, what you look like.
-To use your webcam to show them certain things of you.
-If they already know things about you, you don't remember telling them at all.
-wants to keep you whole relationship a secret from everyone else.
-Wants to share explict things or wants you to go to pornographic sites, and show pics of themselves to you.


BE CAREFUL!:
(:  *-Ace of Taste-*  :)