"Grooming" is attracting attention.Grooming is an act of approaching children for sexual purposes, getting closer and trusting, and is also called child grooming.Grooming refers to grooming of cats and other hairs, and is used to give a hand.
Not only in real place, but also online grooming on SNS.What is online grooming and why children are deceived?What should I do to prevent it?
According to the Ministry of Justice's summary report of the Criminal Study Group on Sex Crime, grooming is mainly classified into three patterns.
(1) Patterns that gradually gain the trust of the child through SNS, etc., and make promises to meet, etc. (2) A person who is close to the child begins with the child's shoulders., Patterns that gradually touch the body after making it difficult to refuse (teachers, coaches, staff members, parent's lovers, etc.) (3) A child and unknown gradually call out to the park and the like.Pattern that makes you familiar
Grooming from an opponent close to the child is a terrible act that deeply hurt the child, and is a serious problem that has been occurring for a long time.On the other hand, online grooming using the Internet and SNS has recently attracted attention.
Grooming is a global problem.Did you know that the New Zealand government has a campaign called "KEEP IT Real Online" since June 2020?As a campaign to enlighten children's safe internet use, it was conducted using all media, such as television, SNS, newspapers and magazines.One of them is this video.
The video begins when an unknown middle -aged man visits the teen's daughter Sara's home.The man is Sarah and Instagram friends, and he claims to be "13 years old."In front of Sarah, who came out of her house, she performed a dance with a man and Sarah in the Internet.According to narration, New Zealand has experienced 40%of young people interacting with someone who is not acquainted on the Internet.
In August, the British Children's Abuse Prevention Association (NSPCC) announced that online glooming crimes in the UK have soared in the past three years.A grooming crime of 5441 children occurred from April 2020 to March 2021.This has increased by 70 % since the year from 2017 to 2018, and is the highest ever.
Approximately half of the criminal acts were made using apps such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook messenger, and Instagram accounted for about one -third.Snapchat also accounted for more than one -quarter of the total.He knows using SNS apps that are popular with young people and are suffering.
Such stories are happening all over the world, and Japan is no exception.
According to the National Police Agency's "About Shonen Delivery, Child Abuse and Sexual Damage of Children in 2nd Year," (March 2021), the perpetrators and victims are popular among young people such as Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok.I know each other.Some children have a voice chat in online games and get close to them and are damaged.
In fact, in the nine bodies in facts in the city, the perpetrators approached young people who are posting on Twitter, saying "I want to die", and I have been consulting and trusting them, and I am on the crime.It is a typical pattern to hear your worries, get in consultation, praise your child, call, or send a naked photo.Some cases are approached by pretending to be the same sex and classmates, and some cases are threatened to disseminate the content of the consultation or spread the naked photos.
The point is that many perpetrators have gained trust through exchanges such as SNS and then committing crimes.Close to children who do not want to go to school, their parents are angry, want to run away from home, and want to die on SNS.There are many patterns to get.Such children have no adults who can rely on the real world, and they are focused on their weaknesses.And they are called when they forgive their hearts and trust them.
Young children in age are poor in sexual knowledge, and they often do not realize that they are victims after the damage.In fact, even if you have a disgust or fear of sexual acts, you often do not understand.The more you trust the other person, the more you are afraid of losing an important person who is an understanding person.
It is difficult for a child to see the difference between a really kind person and a bad adult approaching and approaching.Especially in a young age, children should be banned from interacting with strangers, and at least their parents should watch.You should also make promises not to see or not send photos to strangers.
By communicating between parents and children, and telling children about such risks, maybe they can prevent damage.Even so, if you have been damaged, I would be grateful if you could be an ally without blame your child.It would be nice to use the following consultation agencies.
Akiko Takahashi
IT journalist, visiting professor at Seikei University.He specializes in SNS, teenage use, information moral literacy.He is familiar with smartphones and Internet -related incidents, troubles, and ICT education.He writes, lectures, media appearances, and supervision.He is publishing a column in the Educational Publishing Junior High School Language Textbook.Former elementary school teacher.
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