Editing Religious abuse (section)

===Against children===
{{See also|Sexual grooming#Religious settings|Child abuse|Child sexual abuse}}
Religiously-based psychological abuse of children can involve using teachings to subjugate children through fear, or indoctrinating the child in the beliefs of their particular religion whilst suppressing other perspectives. Psychologist Jill Mytton describes this as crushing the child's chance to form a personal morality and belief system; it makes them utterly reliant on their religion or parents, and they never learn to [[Critical thinking|reflect critically]] on the information they receive. Similarly, the use of fear and a judgmental environment (such as the concept of [[Hell]]) to control the child can be traumatic.<ref name=Mytton>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXA7GA9yntc  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GXA7GA9yntc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=YouTube - Jill Mytton Interview - Richard Dawkins |website=[[YouTube]] |date=2 February 2009 |access-date=May 26, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>