Cocooning

In her recent book, The Faith Popcorn Report, she explains that cocooning is about "reality retreat -- the impulse to stay inside when it just gets too tough and scary outside." ❋ Unknown (1992)

This is "cocooning" - the decade-old idea of the home as a safe, soothing nest - but pushed to the extreme, and with a dose of humour thrown in as well. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The idea of cutting back the materialism and spending time with friends or family - known as "cocooning" - becomes more attractive in times of trouble, she said. ❋ Scott Condon Aspen Times Weekly (2008)

And so, what's important is a principle called cocooning, and the idea there is that the parents, the other siblings that are in close contact around this child should also get immunized to help protect that child against exposure to this virus. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Instead of spending money on things they don't necessarily need, like travel, they're placing more emphasis on the home, on cocooning, which is why our business is up." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sociologists and researchers blame dismal job prospects and sky-high rents for such cocooning, which is said to affect 59 percent of Italians aged 18 to 34, according to the Eurispes research institute. ❋ Unknown (2009)

- tight family budgets have forces families to spend less -- and more carefully -- on entertainment such as sporting events, theater tickets, weekend trips opting instead for staycations (stay at home vacations) - because of outside stress, families to do what Faith Popcorn calls cocooning - coming home, locking out the world and bonding / sharing

During this time, you can protect your baby by making sure that all of the adults (or siblings) who will be around the baby are protected - this is what public health personnel call the "cocooning" method. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Remember in the 1990s, when "cocooning" was a frequent story in the media, and yet we never hear about it anymore? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Are you "cocooning" at work, just waiting for the economy to turn around before you jump ship? ❋ Unknown (2010)

If the economy continues to decline, CE manufacturers harbor a hope that consumers will react by "cocooning" in their homes, surrounding themselves with electronic comforts like HDTVs, Blu ray players and videogame consoles instead of blowing their discretionary income on SUVs and trips to Tahiti. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A resistance to sitting down to write, a kind of cocooning, a turning inward, a closing down which falls somewhere on the continuum between laziness at the one extreme and self-medication at the other. ❋ Bruce Schauble (2008)

More proof that "cocooning" is way out of control: Designer and "antiquaire" (whatever that is) Rose Tarlow celebrates her new photo book, The Private House, which appears to be about toilets, with Michael and Jane Eisner, David Geffen, Terry Semel, Bill Blass and others who have private houses way bigger than yours. ❋ Unknown (2001)

(I can't stand the popular word "cocooning," but you get the idea.) ❋ Unknown (2010)