[Buddahaid]

I'm not sure I support all that. I'm 64 and I grew up in a family that was not religious at all, but it was still a healthy family group so I can attest to family being an important binder and source of strength. Perhaps not a moral compass but at least a bridge to establishing a base value system. And after saying that, my wife's family is religious and has had it's share of troubled offspring of which a couple are pretty troubled with troubled offspring of their own now. Religion is not the answer, but an answer among other answers.

To me it simply boils down to self respect. You will never find happiness if you don't respect yourself, nor will you respect others until you respect yourself. How you find that respect is where the rub is. You can't buy it and others can't give it to you. You have to find it within.