text: My first reason is so that they do not make a choice that will give them a bad future. Sometimes, people do not think before they make a choice. Therefore, if they listen to other peoples opinions it can help them realize that they will end up in a bad place or situation. For example, if they hang out around bad people it can get them into doing bad stuff and possibility make them end up in jail, but if you listen to someone that says not to hang out with them before you started hanging out with those people then they would not end up in jail. If they do not listen to there friend if they say not to hangout with them because they are bad, they will lose that friend that cared about them.