[kingu]

She must be one of those adults who want to be "cool" and be "friends" with their charges, rather being square and oppressive.

You mean she thought it would be rather interesting to see if the trip to Hawaii would result in her losing her home and everything for failing to do what she was there for? Of course, she's got a perfect defense - the girl was 18, she didn't have a right to tell her what to do...

It'd be interesting to know what the chaperon was doing at the time, none the less.

[laconic]

Yes, the fact that the poor victim was at 18 legally an adult relieves much of the so-called "chaperone's" liability. Nonetheless, it reminds me of the boobyhatch boomer parents who leave their homes to 15 year old kids and stock them with alcohol so they "know" where they are drinking (and doing whoever knows what else).

[KantianBurke]

If this lady was the type of adult who worried that her actions might result in the loss of her home, she wouldn't have let someone under her care wander unsupervised in the first place.

[weegee]

It would be interesting to hear what the chaperon thought her tasks included. Why not put an 18 year old in charge if "majority" was the only problem?

If they were in competition (regardless of the sport or age), many coaches would have a lights out policy far earlier than 1:30AM.