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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...

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: BeReal

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

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

AI and nude images

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

See also...

County lines

Early Help

Domestic Violence

Do you want to tell us anything?

Advice about improving your sleep

Bullying and child on child abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Child to parent abuse

Out of hours information

Find My Kids App

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NHS 111 mental health support

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

Cyberbullying Advice

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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Dracula podcast

Open afternoons

Vacancies

E-Safety

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Waveney Valley Transport

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

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