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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

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

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Managing In-Game Spending

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: Instagram

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

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

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

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E-Safety

NHS 111 mental health support

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Cyberbullying Advice

Child to parent abuse

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Out of hours information

Bullying and child on child abuse

Advice about improving your sleep

Early Help

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School Policies

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