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.

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What is Character AI? What parents need to know
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
Youtube - Supervised Experience
Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents
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TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
Bullying and child on child abuse
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