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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

Safeguarding: BeReal

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: Instagram

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

My Family's Digital Toolkit

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

See also...

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

Find My Kids App

Advice about improving your sleep

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Bullying and child on child abuse

Child to parent abuse

Safeguarding

County lines

Out of hours information

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

Cyberbullying Advice

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

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11S_Ch1 Life Cycle Assessments

8yS/Sc4

Chicago tickets now on sale

11S_Ch1 Potable and Waste Water

Examination Arrangements: Summer 2026

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

10S2 Moles

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