People will on occassion ask me how to buy bitcoin and I just direct them to a major trading site like Binance. I know this is one of the more expensive options but the others are much more complicated. When I start talking to people about other wallets and how if you lose your codes, the coins are just gone and no one can retrieve it for you, it seems like the only safe option.

Mostly I tell people if you are confused by the interface over there, which is about as simple as it is going to get, then you probably shouldn't get involved. A fool and his money are quickly parted or whatever the saying is.