ABC Everyday Hardship can give kids the opportunity to get "a glimpse into what society is really like, and it builds immense compassion". ( Print text only Cancel My kid can talk the hind legs off a donkey, so when it's quiet in the backseat of my car, something is very wrong. I've known for a while the extra curricular environment she is in isn't exactly "healthy". There is a caste system among students, and worse, it extends to the parents and teachers. Yet despite my reservations, every week, she still wants to go back. And every week; I brace myself for the fallout.