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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...

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

The ABC online safety checklist

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: BeReal

Online safety newsletters

Safeguarding: X

Youtube - Supervised Experience

See also...

E-Safety

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

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

Child to parent abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Out of hours information

Do you want to tell us anything?

County lines

Find My Kids App

Early Help

Explore...

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

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Key Stage 3 practical sessions information - updated for February 2025

Year 11 GCSE Drama Picnic & Balloon Stomp 2021

Y11 GCSE Drama picnic & Balloon Stomp 2023

Key Stage 4 Practical lessons

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

Year 11 GCSE Drama Picnic & Balloon Stomp 2025

Summer 2025 Results

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Nutrition A Level Online Safety Computer Science App Mr Trudgill Videos GCSE County Lines Hartismere Esafety Holiday YouTube Year 10 Picnic Theatre

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