Eleven Year 9 girls allegedly sneak out of one of Australia’s most prestigious boarding schools, walk 7.5 kilometres to a country pub in the middle of the night where some reportedly smoke cigarettes and vape, before being driven back to campus in multiple trips by a P-plater.It is an extraordinary breach of trust. Yet that is not what has dominated the headlines.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Are we raising kids too fragile for consequences?
The fury at Geelong Grammar for disciplining girls who went AWOL at its bush campus illustrates the trend of reframing every challenge or consequence as harmful.












