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I'm more familiar with "unschooled" children, who in my experience don't have these sorts of problems. I don't think any of their parents were particularly aggressive about socialization (or about anything) but they seemed to find plenty of opportunities to interact with people of all ages.
I really don't think it's helpful for children to socialize with lots of other children in an environment with few authority figures. They learn how to be brutal with each other and make up their own status games, rather than learning to be decent members of society.
Status games are a big, big part of the behavior most people consider to be 'being a decent member of society.'
Why was this downvoted? For stating the obvious?
I was guessing for cynicism.
EDIT: Okay, now I'm simply confused.
I was being optimistic and hoping it was something else (like general objection to your overall position in related context.) As a standalone comment it seems straightforward. Status games are what allows humans to form vaguely functioning 'societies' in the first place. Being considered a "decent member of society" means competing at least passably well in the status game centered around moral judgement and norm enforcement.
Maybe someone for some reason doesn't like to read about status games in general.