- A lot of the time,
kids are often encouraged,
they might even say pushed.
"My mom told me to come here,
"My dad told me to come here,
"so I'm just here, but I don't
really want to talk to you."
And we had a lot of kids call
a kids help phone like that.
"My friend told me to
call you, so I'm calling."
Then I think it's really
about building a relationship
and let's get away from
all of these problems.
Let's get away from
your parents think you need to come,
so you're here.
Let's just talk
and let me get to know you.
What are your favorite things to do?
Cool, you like gymnastics.
Cool, you're into swimming.
Cool, you love Minecraft.
That's awesome.
Tell me more about that.
So I want to use that opportunity
to get to know them better.
If they're not totally
keen on opening up,
maybe we just need to get
to know each other better
and that's okay.
I don't want to sit
here and talk about all
of your problems if
you're not really into it.
If you just want to shoot the shit
and we get to know each other,
we can certainly start with that, too.
