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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...

Online Safety Help Videos

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Managing In-Game Spending

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

My Family's Digital Toolkit

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

See also...

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Parents Evening :: Year 11

SMS Text School Notifications

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Parents

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Sport and PE

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

Explore...

Early Help

Do you want to tell us anything?

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

Bullying and child on child abuse

Child to parent abuse

E-Safety

Out of hours information

Safeguarding

NHS 111 mental health support

Wellbeing

New...

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Chicago marketing & front of house team

Local Governing Body Information

Photography Competition

January 2026 Examinations

Our curriculum

Pan's Labyrinth Analysis

December Mock Examinations

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