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.

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Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
Youtube - Supervised Experience
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok
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