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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 is Character AI? What parents need to know

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Youtube - Supervised Experience

My Family's Digital Toolkit

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: BeReal

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Managing In-Game Spending

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

See also...

Bullying and child on child abuse

Do you want to tell us anything?

County lines

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Early Help

Out of hours information

Safeguarding

Wellbeing

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Advice about improving your sleep

Explore...

Cyberbullying Advice

NHS 111 mental health support

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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

New...

Summer 2026 Examinations

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

E-Safety

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide GCE Computer Science Parentpay Learning Support Parent Information Esafety Trips Wellbeing Out Of Hours Findmykids Year 9 Options Celebrity Sexual Behaviour GCSE App Theatre

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