child abuse child grooming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_grooming https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147070 The act of befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of child abuse (usually in the form of child sexual abuse). Child grooming is regularly used to lure minors into various illicit businesses such as child trafficking, child prostitution, cybersex trafficking, or the production of child pornography. child