unfortunately people who are of age can be as mentally susceptible or more so than those who are not. You could also bring up a whole slew of other things like. circumcision. As soon as you take away a parents right to parent, a persons right to speak, etc. you get into so many little instances it's impossible to come up with a solution. There are always things that qualify as abuse, neglect, bad parenting period, and there are so many different things to sue for. Somebody who has been mentally traumatized by that sort of thing can get retribution and help later on in life. I'm not saying it was ok it happened, but that you can't stop someone from bullying, you can only work against it. America is all about people being able to be people. How are these underage kids getting into this sort of therapy anyway? did they ask their parents to put them through it? How would you feel if you were told your decision to put your child through your religions education should be outlawed because there are studies it is mentally damaging? I hope you see my point and the reason it's not illegal.