“It is when someone gets you to do something that you shouldn’t be doing. It maybe something that you are uncomfortable doing, or they might manipulate you in to doing something and thinking it is okay to be doing it when it really isn’t- this could be shoplifting, sex, drugs or anything really“.
Eliza, Ambassador.
“Child exploitation is when someone older makes a child do things that they might not want to do, the older person will tell the child that what they are doing is okay, but its not. They might hurt the child, take them away from people they know or make the child keep secrets. They do things like this to make the child do what they want, they might even say they are a friend but if they force a child to do something they don't want to, they are not a friend and could be dangerous”.
Becca, Ambassador.
Here is further information on child exploitation if you want to find out more:-
Sexual – https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/child-sexual-exploitation/
Criminal - https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/child-criminal-exploitation-and-county-lines#:~:text=County%20lines%20and%20child%20criminal,trapped%20in%20a%20hopeless%20situation
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