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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 Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

The ABC online safety checklist

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Online Safety Help Videos

Safeguarding: Instagram

Online safety newsletters

Safeguarding: X

See also...

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Find My Kids App

Do you want to tell us anything?

Domestic Violence

Safeguarding

E-Safety

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

County lines

Out of hours information

Wellbeing

Explore...

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

NHS 111 mental health support

New...

School Policies

Parents Evening :: Year 8

Learnit Physics Unit 7: Magnets

Admissions and Application Forms :: Main School and Sixth Form

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Impact Evaluation of LAMDA Exams in Schools

Teacher of Health & Social Care

Teacher of Sociology

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Fitness Tiktok AI Year 10 Psychology Out Of Hours Health and Social Care Trips Sexual Behaviour Hartismere Statutory Information Physics Games Bereal Year 8 Exploitation

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