text: In summary, listening to the advice of multiple people is a way to stay safe and make educated decisions. If Generic_Name were to just leave the house without speaking to his dad or brother, who knows what could have happened. The safety of you and your peers is a major priority. Everyone should get a second opinion on as many things as possible. Have you ever wanted to find the best advice for yourself and couldn't decide on the person to reach out to? if so, just reach out to multiple people that you trust. Finding one person that can give you the best advice might not be the best choice to make. I have tried to find that perfect someone to help me with my problem, but I couldn't decide on who to pick. That's why looking for different opinions on your problem would be the best choice to make because using all of the opinions you got you would make a better overall choice, usually most people agree on one thing which could be the best approach, and if you only ask one person he or she might not know things about you that can help you with making a better decision.