Positive parenting, ‘beso-beso’ culture: How fighting grooming, abuse starts in the family

MANILA, Philippines – Sexual grooming may be insidious and difficult to spot, but the best place to start preventing and protection is in the family.

This was what Kitty Arce of Save The Children Philippines highlighted during an episode of Be The Good, Rappler’s community show about advocacies and campaigns, on August 30.

Grooming, or sexual grooming, is the manipulation of a target, often a child or a vulnerable person, to make them easier to abuse or exploit.

“This can be done by giving the victim gifts...