16/11/2025
Adults who supply children with alcohol, vapes, ci******es and drugs are not safe. ⠀
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Growing up, this can be normalised. ⠀⠀
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Groomers seek out individuals who have a certain vulnerability. They find out your strengths and your weaknesses and use it to manipulate you into doing what they want. ⠀⠀
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They start with befriending, using anything they can to build that false connection with you. Then move on to supply you with drink and other mind altering substances, making it easier for them to gain control.
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Many victims of abuse only come to realise they have been abused years later when they have developed into adulthood or during therapy. ⠀
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Being a young person it can seem as though you have the world figured out already. Abusers look for this too - hyper independence. ⠀
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It’s important to be aware of warning signs 🚩⠀
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