Profile of a Predator
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Your Trust FIRST
Their Aim is to Gain Your Trust FIRST, Before Your Child’s
Think about that statement for a moment…
Your child is not the initial target; you are. Why?
The gateway
Because you are the gateway to your child and your child’s trust. If the adult gains your trust, he has become a trusted adult in your child’s eyes…and this means your child will be much less likely to disclose abuse by that person, thinking that you will be angry with them or will not believe that this “trusted adult” would do such a thing.
The information in this section will be taken primarily from the book, The Socially Skilled Child Molester; Differentiating the Guilty from the Falsely Accused (Carla van Dam, Phd; Hayworth Press, 2006). It is strongly recommended reading for ...









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