Bailing a friend out every time doesn’t help them. It just steals the lesson they needed.

Rescuing someone once is kindness. Doing it every time turns into a system where they never meet the result of their own choices, and the cost lands on you instead. Most people learn from the small sting of a thing going wrong, and steady rescue quietly removes that.

Help is still the right answer sometimes; the question is which kind. Try offering what costs you time rather than what costs them nothing, like sitting beside them while they make the call instead of making it for them.