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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...

The ABC online safety checklist

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Safeguarding: BeReal

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Safeguarding: Instagram

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Managing In-Game Spending

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Safeguarding: X

See also...

Early Help

Find My Kids App

Wellbeing

Safeguarding

Bullying and child on child abuse

Do you want to tell us anything?

Child to parent abuse

County lines

E-Safety

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

Explore...

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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

Cyberbullying Advice

NHS 111 mental health support

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April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Summer 2026 Examinations

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

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