Talk about online enticement calmly and conversationally. Ask questions, listen without judgment and remind kids they can always come to you. Keep it fact-based and empowering, not scary.
Sound the alarm. Online enticement reports have risen nearly 300%.
Red Flags
The most common tactics used to entice children include:
- Engaging in sexual conversation/role-playing as a grooming method, rather than a goal.
- Asking the child for sexually explicit images of themselves or mutually sharing images.
- Developing a rapport through compliments, discussing shared interests or “liking” their online post, also known as grooming.
- Sending or offering sexually explicit images of themselves.
- Pretending to be younger.
- Offering an incentive such as a gift card, alcohol, drugs, lodging, transportation or food.
