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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...

My Family's Digital Toolkit

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

New online safety priorities for Ofcom and effects of social media on children

Youtube - Supervised Experience

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

Safeguarding: X

Safeguarding: Instagram

Parent and carers guide to live streaming

Managing In-Game Spending

See also...

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

Bullying and child on child abuse

Do you want to tell us anything?

Advice about improving your sleep

Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Safeguarding

Out of hours information

E-Safety

Wellbeing

Child to parent abuse

Explore...

Cyberbullying Advice

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

NHS 111 mental health support

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

New...

Summer 2026 Examinations

Completing the Award

Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

Parents Evening :: Year 13

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Local Governing Body Information

Examinations

January 2026 Examinations

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