Our young men aren’t lazy. A lot of them are just stuck

The following is a Flintside opinion piece by Trace Fisher, a Fatherhood Practitioner at Involved Dad in Flint, the defensive line coach at Grand Blanc High School, and a father of two sons. He is the author of Unstuck: Becoming the Person You’re Meant to Be, available on Amazon. Have an idea for an essay or opinion piece you’d like to write for Flintside? Email [email protected]. FLINT, Michigan — A while back, a school came to me with a problem they kept seeing. It was the same kind of young man, over and over. He wasn’t in trouble. He wasn’t a “bad kid.” He just wasn’t moving. He didn’t want to work. He didn’t want to achieve much of anything. He was living in his parents’ basement, on his phone, while life went on without him. They asked me to build a program for those young men. I said yes. The longer I sat with that request, the more I realized it wasn’t really a school problem. It’s a problem a lot of families in this area are living with right now.

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