92. Screening Your Screentime for Optimal Wellness: Actionable Strategies from Patrick Green Artwork

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92. Screening Your Screentime for Optimal Wellness: Actionable Strategies from Patrick Green

November 28, 2025 • Audrey Forgeron and David Carpenter

Screentime is something we all need to be mindful of—the more time on our devices, the less time we spend socializing, moving, or sleeping. And those hours can add up fast!

Our guest, Patrick Green, is a leading voice in digital wellness with over two decades of experience helping international schools, parents, and students build a balanced, healthy relationship with technology. He blends research-backed strategies with his real-life parenting experience to help families manage screentime while strengthening meaningful connections online and offline.

A former Middle School teacher and Education Technology Coordinator, Patrick has led initiatives in digital citizenship and purposeful online learning. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator, and YouTube Star Teacher. Patrick is the author of Classroom Management in the Digital Age and 50 Ways to Use YouTube in the Classroom, with his new book, Winning Screentime, launching soon.

Our guiding question was: “What tips do you have for parents as they seek to raise mentally healthy children in this digital age?”

Topics covered:

Comparing digital citizenship and digital wellness
Patrick’s approach to working with parents/caregivers and different school populations
Constructively approaching technology use while avoiding techno-panic

Resources mentioned in the show:

Patrick provided many helpful resources. To save space in the show notes, they are linked in this Google doc.

Patrick's Contact Information:

Winning Screentime - Patrick’s website

YouTube: Youtube.com/pgreensoup

Recorded on July 28th, 2025.

Categories: Wellness | Digital Wellness | School Life | PD | Parenting

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Music: YouTube. (2022). Acoustic Guitar | Folk | No copyright | 2022❤️. YouTube. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOEmg_6i7jA.