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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...

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

Managing In-Game Spending

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Online Safety Help Videos

See also...

Child to parent abuse

Wellbeing

Early Help

Bullying and child on child abuse

Find My Kids App

Advice about improving your sleep

E-Safety

Out of hours information

Do you want to tell us anything?

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

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Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

Cyberbullying Advice

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

NHS 111 mental health support

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Summer 2026 Examinations

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

A levels: pre-reading and research materials

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

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