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Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Social Media is often scrutinised as having a negative impact on children’s mental health. Children and young people are now growing up in a technology dominated world, and social media plays a major role in their social lives. This balanced guide focuses at both the positive and negative impacts that social media can bring to young people and their mental health.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/view/guide/social-media-mental-health-the-positive-and-negative-impacts 

In this section...

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Online Safety Help Videos

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: X

Safeguarding: BeReal

My Family's Digital Toolkit

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: Instagram

See also...

Sport and PE

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Help & Support

Friends of Hartismere School - Car Boot Sale

Parent's Evenings

Find My Kids App

Term dates

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Explore...

County lines

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

Safeguarding

NHS 111 mental health support

Domestic Violence

Advice about improving your sleep

Bullying and child on child abuse

Do you want to tell us anything?

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

New...

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Sixth Form Course Information

Computer Science

Joint letter from Ofqual and UCAS to students, summer 2025

Expressionism

Film post-production explained

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Pupil Premium School Nurse LMC Working Remotely Esafety Forms Parent Pay School Day Careers In Film | Film Schools & Colleges Productions Support Text Friends Of Hartisemere My Hartismere Homework Correspondence

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