Here is what Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says grooming is:

Child grooming involves psychological manipulation in the form of positive reinforcement and foot-in-the-door tactics, using activities that are typically legal but later lead to illegal activities. This is done to gain the child’s trust as well as the trust of those responsible for the child’s well-being. Additionally, a trusting relationship with the family means the child’s parents are less likely to believe potential accusations.^[5]

In the case of sexual grooming, child pornography images are often shown to the child as part of the grooming process.

Grooming is what was alleged in the Eddie Long case with the boys who received gifts, and lavish lifestyle as a result of Eddie Long’s tactics to gain the children and their parents trust. We do not know the intimate details however, I want to comment on the public spectacle that many people…