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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...

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Managing In-Game Spending

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: Instagram

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: X

Safeguarding: BeReal

See also...

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Parents Evening :: Year 8

School Uniform

Sport and PE

Parents Evening :: Year 7

SMS Text School Notifications

@Home

Absence Request Form

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

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

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

NHS 111 mental health support

Cyberbullying Advice

Domestic Violence

E-Safety

Advice about improving your sleep

County lines

Early Help

Bullying and child on child abuse

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IT, COMMUNICATIONS AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIAN

Lead Science Technician

Friends of Hartismere - Car Boot Sale

Summer 2026 Examinations

The Wave - FULL REVISION

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Science Technician

Parent & Carer Perception Survey

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