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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...

Online Safety Help Videos

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: Instagram

AI and nude images

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

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

See also...

Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians)

Friends of Hartismere School

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Parent's Evenings

Parents Evening :: Year 8

SMS Text School Notifications

Find My Kids App

Help & Support

Parents Evening :: Year 7

Forms

Explore...

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

Wellbeing

NHS 111 mental health support

Early Help

Do you want to tell us anything?

Domestic Violence

Cyberbullying Advice

County lines

Child to parent abuse

Out of hours information

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Parents Evening :: Year 13

Head of Department - History

Get involved in the Hartismere: 'Focus Your Fitness February Challenge!

CABARET THE MUSICAL. Playhouse Theatre, London. Y9-13. Wednesday 15th April 2026

Cover Supervisor

Parents Evening :: Year 11

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Mrs Davy Theatre Online Safety Google Working Remotely Internet Safety Parent Information Parent Supervisor Coronavirus Meetings GCSE Esafety Student Information Evening Twitter

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