Don't Tell Anyone: How Grooming Delays Disclosure

In this episode of 'One in Ten,' Host Teresa Huizar interviews McGill University doctoral candidate Kayla Schick about grooming and how post-abuse maintenance tactics contribute to delayed disclosure and longer abuse duration. Schick explains delayed disclosure as common in child sexual abuse and describes offender tactics that discourage reporting, including secrecy demands, threats, guilt, victim blaming, and confusion about whether abuse occurred. They discuss implications for prevention, caregiver education, grooming-specific training, interviewing about concealment, online versus in-person detection, and reframing delayed disclosure in courts as a grooming impact rather than a credibility flaw.     Time Stamps:  Time. Topic  00:00 Episode Setup  01:25 Kayla Research Journey  02:31 Delayed Disclosure Basics  03:33 Tactics That Silence  05:08 Six Phases of Grooming  08:55 Study Questions  10:17 Key Finding Concealment  13:32 Online vs In Person  14:54 Prevention Talking Secrets  22:09 Next Steps for Field  24:55 Courtroom Implications  30:23 Wrap Up and Resources  Resources Predictors of Abuse Duration in In-Person Child Sexual Grooming Cases - Kayla D. Schick, Kaila C. Bruer, Katie A. Berens, Angela D. Evans, Heather L. Price, 2026 Support the show Did you like this episode? Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.