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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...

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

The ABC online safety checklist

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Safeguarding: BeReal

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

See also...

Forms

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

School Uniform

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Newsletters 2023-2024

@Home

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Application for Remission from Charges/School Uniform Support

Parents

Absence Request Form

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Domestic Violence

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

Child to parent abuse

County lines

NHS 111 mental health support

Advice about improving your sleep

Bullying and child on child abuse

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Safeguarding

Wellbeing

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Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

Hartismere Staff Sketchbook Club Exhibition

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Classroom Homework @Home AI Year 10 Cyberbullying School Nurse Ofcom Term Dates Roblox Celebrity Year 11 Art & Photography Exhibition Of Staff Art Work Assessment Staff Handbook

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