text: Lots of people go to their friends for advice because their friends might know more about that person than your parents or teacher do, or they think they can relate since there both young or the same age. There friends might give good advice if they have gone through the same thing or something similar. Thats why people go to their friends for help. It's also because many people don't trust other people and think they might tell the person your fighting with what you were taking about. So they go to there parents or their best friend for help so it dosn't cause any more drama.