In this context, I really believe we are. The internet is everyone's playground and the beauty of it is that we can privately choose whatever. We can vicariously live and act out our curiosities and fantasies, at times easily beyond what morals (including our own morals and broader) suggest, easily even in the context of highly ambivalent and sometimes unethical beliefs and endeavors.

I like the analogy of high school dynamic, because alls sorts of individual wishes (isn't high school age when people usually try to become really independent first?) are often expressed in using the internet, especially social media. Maybe there is some self-knowledge material for those who like to work with the inner child (teenager?) or similar concepts... But I think, in many ways, even the most sophisticated and complex adult relationships/communities will have those diverse developmental elements sometimes, and no one is ultimately superior/grown-up. I personally had a very strong resistance to this kind of thinking, was claiming nothing child-like about me at this point, but I must say I was wrong.

I am not sure if establishing mental hierarchy about people and relationships is immature, but I know I do it all the time in mind... and I consider myself quite self-aware and mature (for my age, 45). In fact, this developmental dynamic is a primary mechanism of how I try to understand others and navigate relationships relative to me. But, again, I don't think a T should express this natural inner dialogue and developmental shift in their sessions, with their paid clients.