![]() ![]() To realise how easy and riskless it was for predators to meet, groom and lure unsuspecting people was disturbing. I was acting as a worried and protective mother of three children who were yet to reach the age where they would be users of social media. At first I had no thoughts of writing a book about this subject. ![]() ![]() The number of incidents in our community involving this issue caused me so much concern that I started researching it. Over the next two weeks, three cases involving teenage girls being groomed and lured away by online predators were reported in local papers. When the mother phoned the guy to confront him, he hung up, disconnected his phone and never made contact with the daughter again. It became apparent to the mother that her daughter’s new friend was much older than he said he was and she feared that her daughter was being groomed by a predator. The first occurrence was when a friend contacted me, worried about her fourteen-year-old daughter, who had fallen for a guy she had met online. The first occurrence was when a friend contacted me, worried about her fourteen-year- …more My inspiration for writing Risk came from a number of incidents. Fleur Ferris My inspiration for writing Risk came from a number of incidents. ![]()
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