Original sentence: A child might have been groomed to become, for instance, an artist, doctor, or manual laborer.In the 1970s and 1980s, grooming a child on the one hand had a literal meaning of keeping an eye out for a child's hygeine issues.It also could mean preparing him for his future.Parents with a vision for their child's future could be said to groom the child for that future by finding him or her mentors and giving him or her experiences which would lead him or her on that pathway in life.The phrase "child grooming" has seen many varied kinds of usages over the course of the past several decades
Edited sentence: Children were groomed to become artists, or doctors, or manual laborers.In the 1970s and 1980s, grooming a child on the one hand, meant quite literally - keeping an eye out for a child's hygeine issues.On the other hand it meant preparing him for his future.Parents had a vision for their child's future - and they made sure to find that child mentors, and give him or her experiences which would lead him on that pathway in life....The phrase "Child grooming" has seen many varied kinds of usages over the course of the past several decades