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They have to learn the skills before they can practice them. They can learn them from their elders, not other equally ignorant children. Again, they shouldn't be in the position of having to reinvent civilization.
Further, practicing on other incompetents is a tough way to learn, because none of them are behaving appropriately in the first place. It's like learning to drive on a car that randomly swerves and brakes. That's largely why people hire dance instructors - a competent partner speeds the learning process even if they have no teaching to impart.
If an adult wanted to learn to relate to other adults, they would do poorly by attempting to learn from children. If a child wanted to learn to relate to other children, they would most likely learn things by relating to children which they would not learn by relating to adults. Children are behaving inappropriately by adult standards, but they're still learning skills about relating to their peers which will generalize to their experience relating to their peers as adults, which they are unlikely to learn without having peer relationships.