It isn't by accident that children today have been isolated from the innocence of childhood and the natural interactions with childhood friends. Of course that interaction is relevant to our growth as people. With it taken away, we are growing "Stepford children."
I think we could be finding out soon that our children today are being used in terrifying ways, and trained in alarming ways. Nothing like what we have today just happens. There is a reason, IMO, and the world will be shocked if and when we ever learn what it is.