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...
Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers
How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents
Youtube - Supervised Experience
Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents
The ABC online safety checklist
Common Sense Media – Game Reviews
See also...
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
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Bullying and child on child abuse
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Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students
TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?
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