Obstacles? No kidding.

• Author: Steger, Carroll W.
• Position: Readers respond - Letter to the Editor

Jeff, that's not all. ("Career of Doom," Jeff Rundles, August)

* Kids today have fewer role models. Every time you turn around, star athletes are arrested for some crime; corporate heads subpoenaed for corporate fraud; teachers caught having sex with children, priests ....

* Not only do kids have little faith in lasting careers, they have less confidence in lasting personal relationships, thanks to the prevalence of broken families, multiple marriages and television programs like "Friends."

* Kids have limited AFFORDABLE wholesome entertainment options. How many kids today can afford to ski, attend sporting events, visit Elitch's or other theme parks?

And last, but not least ...

* I don't think we let kids just be kids. Because of Columbine-type situations, we as a society have gone to extremes with zero-tolerance rules. When it comes to carrying weapons to school, it makes sense, but...