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.

In this section...
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
What is Character AI? What parents need to know
The ABC online safety checklist
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
Youtube - Supervised Experience
Four months on: is Roblox any safer?
See also...
Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)
Hartismail - emails and letters home
Year 9 Options process for 2025
Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support
Explore...
Bullying and child on child abuse
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
Discover...
Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Computer Internet Safety Writing English Literature Games My Hartismere mock Bullying Twitter PTA YouTube Parent Information Safety Parent Pay Sport Coronavirus
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