<p>I understand a parents desire to jump in and fix this problem immediately but I think it does a huge injustice to your son or daughter. Give him advice but don’t act for him or her. Good grief, nothing like making your kid feel impotent. “Well, when it’s really important I can’t trust you to handle it?” Guess what? This isn’t that big a deal. His roommate and friend of over a year ripped him off for $300 bucks. Let him deal with it. He can do this and when he does the next problem he runs into he will have this experience to back him up. Let him handle this…it’s small potatoes. He has friends as soundboards, an institution backing him up, and parents who are there to help. Let him do it.</p>