For a kid, their parents are often unaware or unsympathetic to their struggles. And just to be clear, the same tactics are applied to Han Chinese (well, the high schools are more harsh, but the Chinese work camp model was already well developed before they decided to do this en masse in Xinjiang). It is horrible, don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to defend it, but I also hope it instills a bit more awareness in our own shortcomings (as well as that of China in general).

> For a kid, their parents are often unaware or unsympathetic to their struggles

So you're just going to generalize on all parents like that? Believe it or not, there are actually some parents out there who are interested in their child's well-being and involved in their life.

> I’m not going to defend it

It seems to me like you're grasping at straws to do precisely that.

“Often” is not a generalization, only an existential of some significant commonality.

Having spent 10 years in China and having actually visited Xinjiang before, I can assure you I’m not grasping at any straws.