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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...

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Online Safety Help Videos

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

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Youtube - Supervised Experience

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: BeReal

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

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

Bullying and child on child abuse

Wellbeing

Domestic Violence

Do you want to tell us anything?

NHS 111 mental health support

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

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

Advice about improving your sleep

New...

Parents Evening :: Year 11

Summer 2026 Examinations

My Hart Points

January 2026 Examinations

Examinations

E-Safety

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Music club timetable

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Videos School Nurse Internet Safety Alamanc Hartismere Homework Shop Online Clubs And Activities Drugs After School Clubs Bereal Week GCSE A Level Bullying

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