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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...

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Safeguarding: Instagram

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

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Online Safety Help Videos

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

See also...

Help & Support

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Forms

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Parents Evening :: Year 11

@Home

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Parents

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Child to parent abuse

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

NHS 111 mental health support

Safeguarding

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

Domestic Violence

E-Safety

Cyberbullying Advice

Out of hours information

County lines

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Little Elephant (Jessop)

Vacancies

Hartismere Staff Sketchbook Club Exhibition

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

Summer 2026 Examinations

Teacher of Mathematics

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