Sep.11.2026Behind China’s so-called growth camps is a lucrative industry that promises desperate parents solutions while subjecting young people to confinement, punishment and psychological manipulation00:0000:00/00:00您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。
For years, so-called youth correctional institutions and “growth camps” have operated across China, marketing themselves to families struggling with mental health issues, school refusal, teenage relationships and parent-child conflict.
Some charge desperate parents hundreds of thousands of yuan, while referring students between programs for hefty commissions.
