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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

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Managing In-Game Spending

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

See also...

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

County lines

Bullying and child on child abuse

Safeguarding

Find My Kids App

Do you want to tell us anything?

Wellbeing

Advice about improving your sleep

Explore...

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

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

Cyberbullying Advice

New...

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

Artist in Residence for 2026

Teacher of Mathematics

Vacancies

Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Parents Evening :: Year 9

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Findmykids Exploitation Shop Esafety Coursework Celebrity Uniform Safety My Hartismere Instagram Bereal Week Emergency Twitter Hartismere Roblox

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