I guess what I'm talking about are kids who lived in a house with no television or didn't listen to the radio or didn't have any toys the other kids have, once that kid gets to elementry or middle school, he will be lost one what the other kids are talking about, which will isolate the kid most likely. This can also happen with neighborhood kids. What I'm saying is this can have a damning affect on the child becuase the child might grow up knowledge-wise superior, but socially stunted.
But you are right about college, some kids can be isolated (like I was) and not get in with the party crowd. I only drank twice from birth to 18, but when i got to college, all that partyin and shit never affected me.