http://keepkidssafe.org/how-predators-groom-their-victims/ Targeting a Victim There is no prototypical victim of molestation- All children may be victimized. However, because predators want to separate targeted victims from their peers, they may focus on children who are already vulnerable. Emotional neediness, lower self-confidence, or excessive rule breaking may attract an offender seeking to team up with a child and exploit their vulnerabilities. Those seem unpopular or isolated may be more eager to soak up the attention and look to be easier targets. Gaining a Victim’s Trust Sexual predators recruit their victims in different ways but often through a combination of teaming up and laying on charm. By seeming harmlessly interested in a child’s likes or habits, a potential offender can learn how a child responds to affection, when to deliver praise, and what is the child’s greatest concern. They may also use this information to cajole parents into feelings of comfort and trust. Filling a Void A sexual predator almost always offers a sympathetic ear- After all, they know just what to say. They exploit a child’s need for love, sympathy, and support. Whatever the child needs or wants, the molester is happy to provide, with or without a parent’s knowledge or consent. Some molesters will even instigate a sexual relationship with a single parent just to gain access to her children. The greater the family need and the molester’s position of trust, the less ability a child has to say, “NO!” Isolating the Child The grooming sex offender has worked diligently to earn a child’s trust, and will now exploit it to create situations where they are alone together. This isolation may be entirely physical, by means of playtime, study time, coaching or special trips. It may also be emotional isolation, by way of secrets and promises. Within this special relationship, the sex offender may start to cultivate the idea that a child’s parents don’t love them the way the offender does and that their relationship is unique, even superior. Sexualizing the Child By the time a predator shows sexual interest in a child, their relationship is so well developed that it shows little resemblance to the inappropriate sexual behavior your child was warned about. Sexualizing a groomed victim may involve desensitizing them to pornographic images, moving touches from “acceptable” areas into private ones, and even creating situations in which both the victim and the offender are naked. Maintaining Control Offenders commonly use blame and shame to maintain a child’s secrecy at some point during the grooming process. This binds the victim to their predator and reinforces the feelings of dependency. If this is weird I posted all this, just think how weird it is that some people will justify this behavior from a teacher (if she is hot of course).
I’m not going to get into a semantics argument. Have fun and knock yourself out if that’s what you want to do. Teachers shouldn’t fuck students. Adults shouldn’t fuck kids.
Click the twitlonger in the first link. Basically a pro gamer who was 14 in 2014 was being groomed sexually by a 24 year old panelist at tournaments.
and who the fuck is letting their 14 year old child go on week long road trips with their friends, let alone people in the middle 20's?
I understand what you're getting at but to literally answer your question.....hundreds of thousands of kids across the country all the time. Travel or "select" teams for softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, etc...
Every travel team I have ever been involved with are traveling with several parents being in charge of the travel/driving etc. And then most if not all the other parents are right behind them staying in the same hotels and all Slightly different
Those are your experiences but they're not all like that. I was the coach of a select team while I was in college along with another college teammate of mine. We coached 2 teams in the summer and drove the kids all around the country playing different tournaments. Maybe half of the tournaments there were any parents there. The kids were playing so scouts could see them. These kids varied from freshman to seniors.
I’m sure this young prodigy was actually making money on the road. Not like most smash tourneys are crazy big, but something. Edit: I looked it up, he made like $300 in 2016. And, the types of parents who allow their kids to be elite at a video game as a preteen usually aren’t the type that provide much supervision
Not only do people watch strangers play video games online there are commentators. Blows my mind this exists.
It’s surprisingly relaxing/ fun to watch. CSGO is my fav to watch. Granted I watch a match or two every month. But it’s still fun. I’m surprised they aren’t playing it on ESPN nonstop with no live sports going on. I’ve never played any counter strike In my life fwiw
Girl I went to high school with married a dude who’s now apparently one of the more “famous” video game commentary guys.