Why are young men, and just men in general, falling behind within America and what do we do?

So recently the Wall Street Journal posted a kind of story piece, narrative piece that also had a bunch of research and data.

It was very interesting to see because in many ways,

they showed a lot of the problems that young men are going through without actually describing

any possible solutions, which is, I got to say, this is one of the most frustrating things

about the modern conversation with men. A lot of the times when you hear and you see

these conversations happening, you know, less young men are going to college than ever before.

Young men are living at home more than before. Young men are isolated more than before.

Young men and men in general aren't going into the work first as much. They're not dating as much.

They're not having as much sex.

These things are talked about, but when it comes to actually problem solving or

solutioning, there's almost nothing that is offered.

And so, like, with this, I think it was the Wall Street Journal.

With the Wall Street Journal article, there were stories of these young men that are in

their late 20s, living at home, can't really get a job, you know, sort of playing video games

all the time. And it just described what their life was like. And it was giving insight into their

life, but it didn't actually offer up any kind of like, here's what we could be doing to support

these men. You know, it was really irritating.

And I feel like that's a good descriptor of bad therapy. You know, that's what bad therapy feels like.

As you go in, you talk about your problems, the therapist sits there and listens to you,

and they offer almost nothing in terms of what you can actually do to shift and change, which is why so many men

avoid therapy. They don't go to therapy or see a psychologist or hire a coach because they

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