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Lifeafter70

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12. To many don't really understand grooming

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:17 PM

Jul 31

And how the groomer is able to control the victim especiallyat a young age.. That control and fear can last a lifetime. You are correct in stating that trama at that age can affect emotional development.
I have listen to the taped interview of Virginia Guffrie and could tell she was still a very scared 15 year old. Her vocabulary and style of speech was that of a teenager.

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