True friendship is what they are looking for, not changes, particularly changes that are imposed on them from without. The question we need to ask ourselves is "Are we their friends regardless whether they will change or not?" Or "Are we USING friendship just as a means to change them?" I tried to befriend a homeless before with a primary aim to change him. It didn't work because he knew I was not his true friend. It is a hard lesson for me to learn either, but something worth pondering about.