Quite a lot of resort to anecdote there, tbh. I guess I was thinking of adult platonic relationships, not those of children. As a parent I've seen that school

Quite a lot of resort to anecdote there, tbh. I guess I was thinking of adult platonic relationships, not those of children. As a parent I've seen that school is something of a special case: kids grow up together in a pre-existing school community, with some necessity to get along, and with adults (ie teachers) on hand to enforce rules. Quite different to the environment that most adults exist in. I do agree on the necessity to cultivate friendship skills between sexes though.