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Wolf's 2007 Boston Globe op-ed: build the expert reading brain first, before digital habits take over.

Wolf's 2007 Boston Globe op-ed: build the expert reading brain first, before digital habits take over.

Wolf's 2007 Boston Globe op-ed: build the expert reading brain first, before digital habits take over.

Maryanne Wolf

Young child concentrating on a book

Her earliest public guidance to parents on screens and reading: a Boston Globe op-ed from September 2007, the year the iPhone launched.

It is a good moment to reflect upon the changing world in which youths are being educated. In a word, it is digital.

— Maryanne Wolf, The Boston Globe

Read it in the Boston Globe archive.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

© 2026 Nido Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Evidence-based reading programs grounded in 20+ years of research. Created by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

© 2026 Nido Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.