Yes, on the one hand the working conditions are shocking and horrifying and deplorable and I would move mountains to keep my children from ever working anywhere

Yes, on the one hand the working conditions are shocking and horrifying and deplorable and I would move mountains to keep my children from ever working anywhere even remotely like that. On the other, every kid working in one of those factories is one that didn't get their legs broken or worse so they'd be a better beggar, who isn't searching through garbage for food or things I can't even imagine. Within my lifetime, the conversation about China and India has gone from "How do we keep them from starving?" to "How do we fix their horrible working conditions?". That's an incredible, historic achievement. Is there still a long way to go? Absolutely. Plenty of horrible things had to happen in the US before we got OSHA. But things are heading in the right direction and we need to keep it that way. Push to make them better, of course, but realize that the only sustainable change is to broadly raise the standard of living so that workers want more and are in a position to demand it. Anything less is a house of cards that will collapse once the spotlight is off.