Or focus more on making them aware of their problem and maximizing the pain so they feel more of an urge to seek you out? Asking because it stands to reason that you lose momentum in your CTA if you previously gave people actionable problem-solving advice.

If you could choose between promoting your community more or less, as part of building your community. What would be your preferred choice? (especially thinking about the long-term) And could you share why, why you'd like to promote your community more or less?

I started building an ecosystem for community owners to grow together because I personally don't think it's a good idea for community owners with a similar approach, focus, or goal to compete with each other. NOT AT ALL! I see it happening all the time, but whatever the desired outcome is, competing with other community owners more often than not leads to the opposite outcomes! Without going into too much detail, I just wonder, what are your thoughts on this? Your honest take?

It's time to celebrate each other! In the COMMENTS BELOW, please share a Skool community you think is doing really great things. It can be one you've participated in yourself or one that you've heard from others is amazing. Please do the following: 1. Tell us the name of the community and link to it (affiliates allowed). 2. Tag the person who owns the community. If they are not in the CLASSIFIEDS, then please send them a DM and let them know that you mentioned them here. I promise you will make their day! 3. Describe why the group is so wonderful and how it has helped you. Please DO NOT just copy and paste the About page! 4. Comment on each others comments and scroll through the referrals to see if there's an amazing group you are missing out on! Thanks so much for supporting each other and this community! Please note that any #FriendFriday mentions that are created as new posts will be deleted. Thanks!

How are things really going with your teen son right now? Not the “he’s fine” version. The real version. Is he moving toward becoming the kind of young man you’d respect…or does it feel like he’s drifting, stuck, or slowly pulling away? And more specifically: - What’s one situation lately where you tried to guide him… and it didn’t land? - What did you say in that moment? - How did he respond? It’s not that boys reject expectations. It’s that they shut down when expectations feel like judgment without backing. Most communication accidentally falls into one of two traps: - High standards, low support → comes across as pressure, criticism, “I’m not enough.” - High support, low standards → comes across as softness, “nothing is expected of me anyway.” Both kill momentum. The sweet spot is different. It’s when a young man feels two things at the same time: “You expect a lot from me.” AND “You believe I can actually do it.” That combination is rare. But when it lands, something shifts. Instead of resistance, you get engagement. Instead of shutdown, you get movement. Instead of:“Why are you always on your phone? You need to do better.” Try: “I know you’re capable of more than this. I’m not worried about if you can step up, I just want to figure out what’s making it hard right now.” If this is helpful and you're curious to learn more about communicating with teen men, step inside the Lighthouse Sons community 🤓 Now I'm curious: Where do you feel you’re currently at? - Leaning more toward pressure? - Or more toward being overly accommodating? - Or somewhere in between?