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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...

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: Instagram

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Safeguarding: X

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: BeReal

Managing In-Game Spending

See also...

Domestic Violence

Safeguarding

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

County lines

Advice about improving your sleep

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Wellbeing

E-Safety

Bullying and child on child abuse

Child to parent abuse

Explore...

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

Cyberbullying Advice

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

Design and Technology

Actor Martin Sheen gets into Character- BBC Sounds

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

Invigilators

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Stranger Things, The First Shadow. The Phoenix Theatre, Friday 11th September.

Waveney Valley Transport

Summer 2026 Examinations

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Examinations Coronavirus Transport Tiktok Findmykids Bullying Metfield County Lines Computer Theatre Holiday Computer Science GCSE Drama Hartismere Sixth Form AI

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