Who are the Characters in LBHS’ Musical, Ride the Cyclone?

Dear Editor, your points are valid and are examples of what happens in a society where there are no absolutes, only gray areas, no right and wrong, everything is individually interpreted from one’s own bias. Your paragraph title “Would the adults in the room please step forward” is particularly poignant as we are experiencing a generation of parents where some, (mostly millennials) would prefer to be friends with their children instead of being a parent who teaches the attributes of personal responsibility, discipline, a solid work ethic, and moral character. Giving children free rein over important decisions regarding behavior and moral character is a disservice to them, and an abdication of parental responsibility. Allowing minor teenagers to dictate themes and the morality of High School theater performances to the adult directors is equally egregious. I am relieved that this performance was edited down from the adult version and has received a positive response from the community. I can only hope the directors of future High School productions would exercise some discretion rather than acquiesce to the “extremely adamant” demands of students and justifying the decision simply because “the students wanted it” as Wood-Cramer stated.