Sexual predators love the internet. Never in the history of mankind has there been a tool that allowed them such easy access to a huge base of potential victims. And along with the large number of children they have access to, the internet also allows sexual predators a way to anonymously work their victims until they get them right where they want them.
The tricks of the sexual predator, these days, are psychological. No longer is the biggest threat to our children the guy who spends all day watching the children in in the park waiting for the right moment to snatch and run or the person slowly cruising up and down the block looking for kids to abduct. With the easy access to so many children that is afforded the predator by technologies like the internet, the biggest threat is someone who will first earn the child's trust and, instead of coming after the child, have the child come to them.
The number one way the internet predator has of getting to children through means like the internet is deception. There are actually ten basic psychological deceptions that sexual predators use to gain control of their victims. These ten deceptions are the ways predators convince their victims that they are someone that they either need or should trust and thereby gain access to them.
To help children recognize these ploys we need to educate them about the techniques predators use. By doing so we can teach them to recognize the techniques when they encounter them and to be wary of those who seem to be using one of the deceptions.
Below is a list of the ten deceptions sexual predators use. Go over it with your child and teach them to recognize all ten.
Top 10 Tricks Online Predators Use to Gain Control of Victims
