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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...

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Careers & Apprenticeship Information

Fake Celebrity Chatbots - Harmful Content

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

The ABC online safety checklist

My Family's Digital Toolkit

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

Four months on: is Roblox any safer?

Managing In-Game Spending

See also...

Do you want to tell us anything?

Find My Kids App

Advice about improving your sleep

County lines

Bullying and child on child abuse

Safeguarding

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

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Wellbeing

Out of hours information

Explore...

Cyberbullying Advice

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

NHS 111 mental health support

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

New...

Dracula podcast

Open afternoons

E-Safety

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

Vacancies

Summer 2026 Examinations

Waveney Valley Transport

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