Summer equals freedom. Relaxation. No homework. No nagging. A time to take a break from school and school related activities. And I'm going to add to the list, a great time to inspire reading.

Boys love screens! Too much sometimes. That’s why many parents resist buying them ebook readers. They feel their sons spend too much time looking at screens already, so they don’t want to encourage more of it.

We all know the stereotype: girls outperform boys in reading and boys outperform girls in math and science. It’s what I grew up believing and definitely bought into hook, line, and sinker. So did all my male math and science teachers. In my math classes they told me not to worry that I didn’t understand, and in physics, I was called the "dumb brunette." Need I say more.