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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

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: Instagram

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Safeguarding: X

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: BeReal

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

See also...

County lines

Early Help

Bullying and child on child abuse

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Find My Kids App

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

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

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

E-Safety

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Explore...

NHS 111 mental health support

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

New...

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Subject Lead - Health & Social Care

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

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

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Teacher of Sociology

School Policies

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