Woe betide the generation experiencing the same risks as the one preceding! Who wants the adolescence their parents had, with the very same cultural trends and limitations? No one, and that's the entire Kevin Bacon Footloose-ing point.
Anne-Marie Slaughter's son's early adolescence was proof of the fact that humans under the age of 18 are absolutely in need of guidance. No doubt about that. But they're also in need of a voice.
If the United States and the State Department are serious about properly empowering young people, there is more that needs to be done to achieve this goal.
Strife-ridden societies aren't furnished with peaceful town squares. I'm talking about my girls and me sitting in the dirty corner of a church, creating a temporary space from scratch with our presence.
Last week, as world leaders arrived in NYC for the UN General Assembly and Clinton Global Initiative, another conference was taking place with a focus on using innovation and technology to solve the world's greatest challenges.
They have multiple degrees, Nobel Prize nominations, plum teaching positions at prestigious universities -- and all before the age of 20. They're chil...