
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.

In this section...
The ABC online safety checklist
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents
Youtube - Supervised Experience
What is Character AI? What parents need to know
Parent and carers guide to live streaming
See also...
Bullying and child on child abuse
Advice about improving your sleep
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children
Explore...
Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
New...
5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns
Joint letter from Ofqual and UCAS to students, summer 2025
Film post-production explained
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