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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...

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: Instagram

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Online Safety Help Videos

Safeguarding: X

Youtube - Supervised Experience

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

The ABC online safety checklist

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

See also...

Advice about improving your sleep

Child to parent abuse

Early Help

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Wellbeing

Out of hours information

Bullying and child on child abuse

E-Safety

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Find My Kids App

Explore...

NHS 111 mental health support

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

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

New...

Film post-production explained

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Sixth Form Course Information

Computer Science

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Joint letter from Ofqual and UCAS to students, summer 2025

Expressionism

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Twitter Policy Revision Learning Support Sexual Behaviour Buster Keaton Exploitation Careers ZEN Computer Science Help Me Sixth Form Parent Instagram YouTube Careers In Film | Film Schools & Colleges

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