Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, but it has to make sense to them.

Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.

Commit yourself to an organization or cause that genuinely fires you up.

Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight.

The parents in the room know that texting is actually the best way to communicate with your kids. It might be the only way to communicate with your kids.

I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.

Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.