I could see childhood friends mattering a lot precisely because it's the thing that can save you from the problems with your parents. Bad parents but good earl

I could see childhood friends mattering a lot precisely because it's the thing that can save you from the problems with your parents. Bad parents but good early friendships=turn out ok=don't show up in the data. Bad parents and bad early friendships = have it rough, show up in the data. The parents are the cause but the correlation to early friendships is even stronger because of the mediating effect.