"Grooming a child would be easy" — I Tried A Completely Different Way To Explain This

About this episode

Jeremy Indika explores the complexities of communicating about child sexual abuse and grooming in a different way during his conference talk.

This episode works best on my YouTube channel, where you can watch the full talk with the visuals that support it. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/kRIYbwE04As This is the full recording of my talk at a conference, where I tried to explain this subject in a different way. In this presentation, I explore the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and teenagers, both in person and online, and I focus heavily on one challenge that has driven so much of my work over the last decade: how do we communicate this subject in a way that people can truly understand? Throughout the talk, I break down difficult concepts around grooming, secrecy, silence, manipulation, and disclosure. I also share parts of my own story and explain why I believe we need better conversations in schools, homes, and organisations if we are serious about prevention and early intervention. This talk includes three questions that many people will find uncomfortable, but I ask them for a reason. My goal is not to shock. My goal is to help people think more deeply, speak more openly, and feel more confident beginning conversations that too often never happen. Topics covered include: - child sexual abuse and…

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Indika

Topics covered

• child sexual abuse
• grooming
• communication
• prevention
• exploitation
• manipulation

Keywords

• child sexual abuse
• grooming
• exploitation
• communication
• prevention
• manipulation
• disclosure

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