D.P.
Just stay out of it.
There are 3 kinds of people in the world: those who realize that change is necessary and so they change, those who realize that change is necessary and they still don't change, those who are oblivious as to what causes bring about certain effects. Sadly, for the oblivious ones, if you could hit their LIFE FAST FORWARD button...it will look the same in 5, 10, 20 years...
Don't respond AT ALL when they ask questions like that--they've already demonstrated that they're not looking for suggestions...it's their way of acknowledging the fact that they are aware but don't care.