The key to being a successful activist is to understand the power you do and don’t have. No matter your movement, here’s how to take your strengths and use them to push for change, from climate activist Jamie Margolin.

Many young people are turning to pornography for information. With this reality comes an opportunity: We can utilize it to start important conversations with them about sex and relationships, says public health researcher Emily Rothman.

If kids don’t feel trusted — or if there isn’t anyone close to them whom they can rely on — they can really suffer. Esther Wojcicki, an educator and mother of three superstar daughters, explains why trust is essential and build it in the young people in our lives.