Hi All,
Many of my students have moved to English speaking countries and have children that can already speak pretty good English, and are very active online via video games and chatting apps. That is why this topic is so important. There are many predators online that are trying to get to our children. I know that this is a hard subject to discuss but a necessary one. Remember, knowledge is power.
Watch the video below at least two times and learn this vocabulary that could save your children from these online monsters. (Remember that you can slow the videos down on YouTube if you need to.) Also, I have listed some of the vocabulary below to assist.
Please share this page with your family and friends. Sadly, this is happening all over the world.
Video link: youtu.be/TQvAJWkT788
Alphabetical List of Vocabulary Used in This Video
- Abducted: a child that was taken by force.
- Abduction: the act of taking a child by force.
- Abuse: sexual abuse and maintaining control of the child.
- Accuracy: the correctness of something.
- Applications: apps on any device like a phone, tablet or computer.
- Approach: to go towards, to start talking to someone.
- Awareness: to be knowledgeable about a certain topic.
- Be mindful: to keep ideas in your mind, to think about something.
- Blackmail: to use a picture of a piece of information against someone for money or control.
- Boost confidence: to give flattering words to a child to make them feel better about themselves.
- Burner phone: a phone that can be bought and thrown away without being traced.
- Call for action: something that you can do to help or spread awareness of something.
- Cell site simulator: a device used by police to show where the cell phones are being used.
- Child predatory behavior: things that someone does to target children.
- Child sex trafficking efforts: the act of grooming, kidnapping and exploiting children for sex trafficking.
- Cognisant: to be aware of something.
- Combat: to fight against something.
- Combatting: the act of fighting against something.
- Constitution: referring to the US Constitution or the Bill of Rights for Americans.
- Conversing: talking or chatting.
- Crocodile tears: fake crying.
- Dark web: a place on the Internet where mostly illegal videos and pictures are traded or sold.
- Data: information.
- Developing intelligence: to gain information about a certain topic or person.
- Deviate: to go outside the norm of something.
- Devices: phones, tablets, smart watches, computers, etc.
- Discord - a controversial chatting website where they can upload and download pics.
- Disruptions: things that are done to interrupt any particular activity.
- Dump: to get rid of, throw away.
- Ease of access: to have easy access to something or someone.
- Economic stress: being stressed over not having enough money.
- Emotional love interest: to start having feelings like puppy love, to be infatuated with someone.
- Emotional neediness: when someone has low self-esteem and is needy for someone to accept them or tell them that they are loved.
- Endangered: a child’s life is in danger.
- Engage with them: to interact with them verbally or via chatting.
- Engage with your children: to interact with your child verbally in person, or via chatting on devices.
- Example of grooming: The Spider and the Fly is a perfect example of how a predator is trying to lure someone into his den to kill. This poem shows exactly how predators can lure your child into sexual exploitation of even death.
- Exploitation: when the predator begins sexualizing the relationship - talking about sex or sexual topics.
- Exploited children: children that have been used for sex, videos, kidnapping or trafficking.
- Filling a need: to take care of a need that someone has whether it is a true need or just something that someone feels they need.
- Gaining trust: building a report with a child, opening a conversation to get the child to trust them.
- Gifts: items that you know were not given to your child by yourself or family members.
- Grooming process: to gain trust of the child in order to lure them away from their family or home.
- Hard subject matter: a topic that is not easy to discuss or think about.
- Heinous crime: something that is disgusting, horrible or despicable.
- Ignore: to pretend that something is not happening, or just refusing to recognize something.
- Impactful: something that impacts or has an effect on someone or something.
- In custody: to be arrested by police.
- Intelligence: information that is gathered by the police.
- Irritable: to be angry or annoyed.
- Isolate: to separate your child from family or friends.
- Isolation: to pull a victim away from supporting family or friends.
- Knee deep in their activity: to be so involved in your child’s business—like wading through a flood up to your knees.
- Law Enforcement: LE, police
- Lexis Nexis: a software company that provides high-tech information to police and government.
- License plate: the square plates on your car that is registered with the local government..
- Link: a web address on the Internet to certain websites or information.
- Low self confidence: not believing in yourself, low self-esteem.
- Manipulate: to control someone or something else.
- Methodical: to do something in a particular order, not just randomly.
- Monitor: to watch over, to review what is being done.
- Monitor their online activity: to review or look closely what your child is doing online.
- Nefarious person: a wicked or criminal
- Online predators: men and women that are attempting to prey on children online.
- Parental Consent: to have permission from parents.
- Patient: to wait patiently, or to act at a certain time.
- Patterns: habitual ways of doing something.
- Pedophile: someone who is sexually attracted to children.
- Phishing scam: when someone is trying to get personal information about someone by means of asking questions that are not suspecting.
- Ping register: where police can see live calls being made at the time they calling.
- Predator: someone who targets a certain person, or child.
- Preemptive strike: to attack against an enemy before they can attack you.
- Prevent: to keep something from happening.
- Prior contacts: someone that has been contacted or called before.
- Progressively: to steadily change or progress.
- Put the brakes on: to slow things up, to not take action at this time.
- Recognizing the signs: seeing the signs of danger in your child’s life.
- Red flag: a sign that something is desperately wrong.
- Rescue: to save a child.
- Risk profile: the type of person or child that is at risk of danger. ( All children are at risk of online predators!)
- Roommate: someone that lives with someone in the same home.
- Route: the way of which someone travels.
- Runaway: when a child runs away from home for whatever reasons.
- Rural: countryside, not big city areas.
- Search warrant: a court order signed by a judge allowing the police to search a property or vehicle.
- Serial bank robber: a person that has robbed banks over and over again.
- Serial sex assault suspect: a person that has sexually assulted/raped others more than once.
- Sex crimes: any crime against a child or adult of a sexual nature.
- Sexual predator: a man or woman that is targeting others for sexual crimes.
- Sexually assaulted: to be raped or violated sexually.
- Shameful: something that is not easy to talk about or that people are embarrassed to discuss.
- Smart phone: a phone that can connect to the Internet.
- Social media profile: a profile that is displayed on Facebook, Snapchat, etc.
- Soft words: words that predators will use to soften an approach to a child so as to get the child to slowly start discussing sexual topics.
- Stalking: to monitor or watch someone from afar.
- Statistics: data or information.
- Strike up conversation: to begin talking to someone.
- Sucked into a web of lies: when someone starts believing the lies of a predator.
- Suspect: someone who is thought to be guilty of a crime.
- Suspect demographic: the personality type of a suspect involved in crimes.
- Target: the person or child who the predator is trying to get.
- Target-rich-environment: a place where there are many potential children to be abused.
- Task Force: a police force that is working on special projects.
- Tolerate: to let things happen or allow someone to continue doing something.
- Top tier individuals: people running crime organizations.
- Tracking: to keep track of someone’s activity.
- Trafficking: the act of using, or buy and selling individuals for sexual abuse.
- Trailer park: a location where people live in mobile homes that are easily moved to a different location.
- Unite: to join forces to fight against something.
- Verbiage: words that are used to speak to someone or children.
- Victim: someone that has been abused.
- Victim blame: to blame any victim for the abuse that they have endured.
- Victim demographic: characteristics of a victim, such as age, race and gender.
- VPN: a way to hide your online activity.
- Weak points: things that make a child an easy target or something that is easily exploitable by a predator.
- Web of deception: a series of lies or acts of deceiving someone.
- Withdraw: when your child starts to be quiet and seemingly distant from the family.
- Wolf in sheep’s clothing: someone who pretends to be a friend.
The Spider and the Fly (1829)
A poem by Mary Howitt (1799-1888)
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said the Spider to the Fly,
"'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy;
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair,
And I have many curious things to shew when you are there."
"Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "to ask me is in vain,
For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again."
"I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high;
Will you rest upon my little bed?" said the Spider to the Fly.
"There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin,
And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!"
"Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "for I've often heard it said,
They never, never wake again, who sleep upon your bed!"
Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, "Dear friend what can I do,
To prove the warm affection I've always felt for you?
I have within my pantry, good store of all that's nice;
I'm sure you're very welcome–will you please to take a slice?"
"Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "kind sir, that cannot be,
I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!"
"Sweet creature!" said the Spider, "you're witty and you're wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
I've a little looking-glass upon my parlour shelf,
If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself."
"I thank you, gentle sir," she said, "for what you're pleased to say,
And bidding you good morning now, I'll call another day."
The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:
So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly,
And set his table ready, to dine upon the Fly.
Then he came out to his door again, and merrily did sing,
"Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing;
Your robes are green and purple–there's a crest upon your head;
Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!"
Alas, alas! how very soon this silly little Fly,
Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by;
With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue–
Thinking only of her crested head–poor foolish thing! At last,
Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast.
He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour–but she ne'er came out again!
And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed:
Unto an evil counsellor, close heart and ear and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale, of the Spider and the Fly.
Poem © Out of copyright. In Public Domain.