"One of the devices that predators use in the interactions with kids is sending them explicit photos of themselves.  What they're trying to do is sort of deaden the nerve endings.  They're trying to beat down the resistance.  It's part of the grooming process to normalize what they're trying to do.  And it's pretty insidious."
— Ernie Allen, President & CEO, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Signs:

• - If the stranger is awkwardly nice.
• - If the stranger takes your side in every situation.
• - If the stranger has a common username involving the wards "hotman" or "sexy."
• - If the stranger asks you personal questions about your body.
• - If the stranger spends months talking to you, and eventually asks to meet up.
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