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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 Help Videos

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

Managing In-Game Spending

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Safeguarding: Instagram

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

See also...

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

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

Child to parent abuse

Domestic Violence

Safeguarding

Advice about improving your sleep

Early Help

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Wellbeing

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Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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

Cyberbullying Advice

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

My Hart Points

E-Safety

Spring Term Sports Club

January 2026 Examinations

Music club timetable

Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

Duke of Edinburgh Portal

Summer 2026 Examinations

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