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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

Safeguarding: BeReal

Safeguarding: Instagram

Online Safety Help Videos

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Safeguarding: X

Health & Fitness Apps: A Guide for Parents

Online safety newsletters

See also...

E-Safety

Wellbeing

Safeguarding

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Child to parent abuse

Early Help

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

Find My Kids App

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

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

NHS 111 mental health support

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

New...

What happens to your examination script?

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Local Governing Body Information

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

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Safeguarding Mental Health Social Media Guide Support Games GCE Fine Art Pupil Premium Internet Test App Parent ZEN Strategy Twitter Out Of Hours GCSE Emergency Rules

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