My iPhone 5 won't sync to my iTunes?

When I connect my phone to my laptop, a Macbook Pro, it doesn't show up in my iTunes. It won't give me the option to sync on iTunes or my phone.

My phone is relatively new, if that's relevant.

People in third world countries are starving and facing violence and hunger everyday and you sit here and cry that your iPhone won't sync? Grow up

Hold power and home button til it reconizes it

"When I connect my phone to my laptop, a Macbook Pro, it doesn't show up in my iTunes. "

Just a tip - that's not what "Sync" means.

Try restarting the computer leaving the phone attached to the computer. On restart of iTunes after reboot, you might see the phone in iTunes. That's what happened to me once when my iPod wouldn;t show up.