It's a response to an example from a commenter saying that if the US treated China like the comments are treats their own child, they'll be able to manipulate and receive a desired response, and that the US is going about semiconductor sanctions wrong.

This is a terrible analogy, as the US and China do not have a paternal relationship, or share similar cultural or behavioral contexts or environments, and there's no reason that the US should expect China to respond to its prompts how the US expects china too