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.
In this section...
Top 15 most dangerous apps for children
Youtube - Supervised Experience
Common Sense Media – Game Reviews
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
See also...
Explore...
Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
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