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
Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content
Careers & Apprenticeship Information
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
Common Sense Media – Game Reviews
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Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)
Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students
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Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
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