Another problem with the methodology of this survey is that it seems to assume that friends, or lack thereof, stem from the type of education children are recei

Another problem with the methodology of this survey is that it seems to assume that friends, or lack thereof, stem from the type of education children are receiving. In fact, the issue has been the Covid lockdown/distancing, plus the resulting parental restrictions on the freedom of children to socialize. So the main cause of loneliness, as far as I'm concerned, is government policy around public health.