@JimmyB @pezmico You "might" get stabbed anywhere at any time. And yet people go outside, they go to places where this is an elevated risk, even. Because yes, social contact is actually necessary, and that has a certain amount of risk.
If there are no social spaces for kids, and you take away their remaining venue for social contact (or never allow them to have it, doesn't matter), then where and how exactly do you expect kids to socialize?