Editing Auditing (Scientology) (section)

=== Child labor ===

Dutch investigative reporter Rinke Verkerk reported that she was given an auditing session by an 11-year-old in the Netherlands.<ref name="Verkerk15">{{cite news|last1=Verkerk|first1=Rinke|title=Vier maanden undercover bij de Scientologykerk |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/media/vier-maanden-undercover-bij-de-scientologykerk~a4034490/|access-date=21 January 2017|work=[[de Volkskrant]]|date=20 May 2015|language=nl-NL |trans-title=Four months undercover at the Church of Scientology}}</ref> This has been criticized by clinical psychologists and child psychologists, on the grounds that [[secondary trauma]] can affect children more strongly than adults.<ref name="Kuiper15">{{cite news|last1=Kuiper|first1=Rik|title=Scientologykerk laat kinderen therapieën volwassenen leiden|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/scientologykerk-laat-kinderen-therapieen-volwassenen-leiden~a4034261/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923183704/http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/scientologykerk-laat-kinderen-therapieen-volwassenen-leiden~a4034261/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |access-date=21 January 2017|work=[[de Volkskrant]]|date=19 May 2015|language=nl-NL |trans-title=Church of Scientology Lets Children Lead Adult Therapy |quote=(translated quote) "Absolutely unhealthy," says Jan Hendriks, clinical psychologist at De Waag and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. "Children can't handle this. You shouldn't burden little people with big problems." "If this is true, it's emotional neglect," says child and adolescent psychiatrist Ramón Lindauer of AMC-de Bascule. "That 11-year-old boy is then deliberately exposed to the bad stories of others. Even for professional caregivers, this can cause secondary traumatic stress, which manifests as anxiety and tension complaints. The impact on children can be even greater."}}</ref> The fact that the child was working full days for a whole weekend was also considered to be problematic.<ref name=Kuiper15 />