I'd love to hear your feedback on the following news story titled: Spirituality, Not Religion, Makes Kids Happy .
This seems to pick up on the war between spirituality and religion. Institutions are distrusted, while the "personal aspects ... (meaning and value in one's own life) and communal aspects (quality and depth of inter-personal relationships)" are valued.
My thought is that I would hope that our religion (as defined by the researchers and by most people currently) would inform and increase our spirituality, otherwise, it is not doing it's job. Also, which would you rather have: A "well-adjusted and well-behaved child" or a "happy" child (although it's never explicitly said what that is - possibly "not depressed")
Other thoughts?
