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...
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content
Top 15 most dangerous apps for children
What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok
Common Sense Media – Game Reviews
Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents
Careers & Apprenticeship Information
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
See also...
Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students
Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)
Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support
Explore...
Bullying and child on child abuse
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
Discover...
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