Growing up Sheltered- A good thing?

I grew up in a home that wasn't exactly strict, but there were lots of things that I was sort of sheltered from. I mean, I knew there were people who had sex before marriage, did drugs, alcohol and all that, but it never interested me. I have never been rebellious really. It probably helped that I was homeschooled for awhile and then went/am going to Christian schools for the rest of my education. But regardless, I have never desired to stand out from the crowd. The crowd for me, is full of Christian youth who are all like me. In some ways, we are different, but in others we are not. Many of us grew up in Christian families and were homeschooled and/or went to Christian schools for a majority of our education. I think in any group of young people there is peer pressure to behave a certain way, but the difference is that in Christian communities the pressure is not to do bad things necessarily. And I don't think it is a bad thing to shelter children for a time. They need to have a moral code ingrained in them before they are exposed to the world and its dangers. They need a strong foundation.
Another thing that I have been thinking about is the reason I would go to a Christian college. I want it to be because I am craving companionship with other people who are striving to follow God and His commandments, not because I am trying to be sheltered from the world. I know I struggle and I need the support of other people who struggle but who fight for the right, who have convictions and who follow the better way even when it is hard. We don't have enough time in this world to dwell on the things of earth, but we must put good things in our minds. And I think we need to trust in God's shelter, for He is the one who will guide and protect us when the storms beat against our foundation.