Farm work, tears and tough lessons: Inside China’s ‘hardship camps’ for children

For thousands of yuan, Chinese parents are buying their children a taste of hardship: hauling bricks, labouring in fields and clearing dung from cowsheds. But psychologists warn that pushing them too far can backfire.
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- World
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- bong xin ying
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- Saturday, 17 October 2026, 3:30 am IST
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