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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...

Online safety newsletters

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Safeguarding: Instagram

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: X

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Online Safety Help Videos

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

See also...

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

E-Safety

Child to parent abuse

Domestic Violence

Do you want to tell us anything?

Early Help

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

Wellbeing

Bullying and child on child abuse

Explore...

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

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Computer Science

Sixth Form Course Information

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Film post-production explained

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Games Emergency Learning Support Artists Pan's Labyrinth Online Photography YouTube exhibition Instagram Short Film Art LMC Film Studies ZEN Coronavirus

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