Well You missed #DYOR and not listening to bloggers
Most are the carrier of FUD.
Your friend needs to learn how to feed himself to prepare in case of a wind.
The thing is he can't learn everything once,  important thing is understanding privacy, security and what itself is Bitcoin.
You can't trust what you know nothing of
And won't hold or use what you don't trust. Don't forget to let him know about collections.
There are quite alot if things but both of you just have to research more and build your repository.