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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...

Safeguarding: Instagram

Managing In-Game Spending

Online Safety Help Videos

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Youtube - Supervised Experience

The ABC online safety checklist

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Safeguarding: BeReal

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

My Family's Digital Toolkit

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County lines

Safeguarding

E-Safety

Advice about improving your sleep

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

Domestic Violence

Find My Kids App

Out of hours information

Early Help

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Cyberbullying Advice

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

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

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April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

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