Because Ricky tries to understand, his listeners believe in the solutions he offers. Many parents are telling their children that they only have five minutes to be involved in their lives. But all their children have to do is put Ricky on the stereo and he ll talk to them as long as they want. Many parents constantly nag and criticize their children. But Ricky thinks they re okay just the way they are.
Many parents never think their children s daily lives and problems are worth listening to.
If they do bother to listen once in awhile, they only give them some kind of patented textbook answer. Sometimes children just need somebody to listen and try to understand them. Ricky understands, or at least he seems to. He takes the time. He accepts them just as they are.