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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...

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: X

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: BeReal

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Safeguarding: Instagram

Online safety newsletters

Online Safety Help Videos

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

See also...

E-Safety

County lines

Do you want to tell us anything?

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Wellbeing

Out of hours information

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

Early Help

Explore...

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

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Completing the Award

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Parents Evening :: Year 12

Sixth Form College Open Evening

Our curriculum

Examinations

School Policies

Cover Supervisor

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Examinations My Hartismere Supervisor Policy Esafety Bullying Clubs And Activities YouTube Hartismere Cover Computer Science Parent Information Common Sense Media Instagram Test Learning at Home

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