None of my friends don't have Facebook accounts. Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook 'til the cows come home, but it doesn't change the fact that we are chained to the beast. Voluntarily, of course.

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

Make sure that your kids or the kids in your life have an opportunity to share their ideas, and to teach you something about what we know.

The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.

A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

To show that you truly care, you listen.