YOUR STATEMENT:
"BOYS AND YOUNG MEN DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A DISTINCTIVE, USEFUL, NECESSARY AND POSITIVE IDENTITY and that is why they are killing themselves in droves. This needs to be taught to the masses also."
MY REPLY:
They took the prayers out of the school system and it has resulted in what you are describing.
Yes, monaco1, you're right about religion being undermined and the loss of faith and meaning that it provided resulting in much of our aimlessness and vulnerability.