It isn't much of a question of if they need to as it is a fact that they already do, thus anyone without such a social life is at a social disadvantage unless y

It isn't much of a question of if they need to as it is a fact that they already do, thus anyone without such a social life is at a social disadvantage unless you outright legislate away internet usage for kids, which is of course absurd. At that point you might as well just lock them up and homeschool them.