Life is full of fixing situations...from you H to the boys to politics. Now I will let you in on a little secret....Keep this quiet. When you can let go of the feeling of wanting to fix anything other than yourself....your world will be a better place. People will respect you more and you will become a leader as opposed to a manager.
Like the passage about fish....Give a man a fish and you fix the problem, teach a man to fish and you change his life. Fixing is very much the same thing....When some one is allowed to fix their issue, there perception of what was done is different. How they work the problem is different.
I know....very deep thinking....but I suggest 3B and your readers think about it. It applies to everything from work to raising kids. When people ask me about my laid back parenting style....How I can let them make their own choices freely, I always respond the same....I don't want my kids to make the right decision because they fear me, I want them to make the right decision because they know it is right.