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Originally Posted by disneysteve
What should you do? I think that depends on the situation and only you really know the answer to that. If it happens a couple of times, come to her rescue and help her fix the problem, being sure to explain in detail how to avoid being scammed again. If it continues to happen, at some point, you need to let her suffer the consequences and pay her own money to clean up the mess she made.
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I completely agree with this. Though I don't have a daughter, I have a sister who is susceptible to this kind of thing. My parents bailed her out the first few times, and had discussions with her on how to avoid such problems in the future. However, she continued to fall for it again and again. Ultimately, my parents said she had no more bailouts left, and she would have to be careful or suffer the consequences without financial help from them. So far, she hasn't fallen for another one yet, (but once she came very very close). She avoided it because she was really careful and asked friends their opinion on it.