Discussing Teenagers and Toxic Friendship: PIK-M Sahabat Mentari UAD Holds Fun Sharing

On Friday, 13 October 2023 AD to coincide with 28 Rabiul Awwal 1445 AH, the Student Information and Counseling Center (PIK-M) Sahabat Mentari Ahmad Dahlan University held a “Fun Sharing” with the theme Teenagers and Toxic Friendship. This activity is motivated by the increasing number of cases among teenagers, namely Toxic Friendship or detrimental friendships between teenagers.

Through Instagram live streaming, this activity was held by presenting speaker Miranto Zainal Arief. Miranto is the 1st Place Men’s Ambassador of GenRe (Planned Generation) Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) 2023. Together with Casseya Mudi Romansya as moderator for this activity. Casseya is a student of the Guidance and Counseling Study Program (BK) at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) UAD and also the administrator of PIK-M Sahabat Mentari UAD.

The aim of this activity is to prevent teenagers from Toxic Friendship which is currently on the rise. This is in line with the discussion of this activity, namely discussing teenagers who have toxic friendships, the bad impacts of toxic friendships, how to avoid them, and teenagers’ strategies for choosing friends so they are not toxic.