ord="Cabin">Cabin ord="fever">fever ord="is">is ord="not">not ord="really">really ord="a">a ord="disease">disease. ord="However">However, ord="people">people ord="can">can ord="experience">experience ord="boredom">boredom ord="and">and ord="restlessness">restlessness ord="if">if ord="they">they ord="spend">spend ord="too">too ord="much">much ord="time">time ord="inside">inside ord="their">their ord="homes">homes. ord="This">This ord="is">is ord="especially">especially ord="true">true ord="during">during ord="the">the ord="winter">winter ord="when">when ord="it">it ord="is">is ord="too">too ord="cold">cold ord="or">or ord="snowy">snowy ord="to">to ord="do">do ord="things">things ord="outside">outside. ord="Often">Often ord="children">children ord="get">get ord="cabin">cabin ord="fever">fever ord="if">if ord="they">they ord="cannot">cannot ord="go">go ord="outside">outside ord="to">to ord="play">play. ord="So">So ord="do">do ord="their">their ord="parents">parents. ord="This">This ord="happens">happens ord="when">when ord="there">there ord="is">is ord="so">so ord="much">much ord="snow">snow ord="that">that ord="schools">schools ord="and">and ord="even">even ord="offices">offices ord="and">and ord="stores">stores ord="are">are ord="closed">closed.
ord="Some">Some ord="people">people ord="enjoy">enjoy ord="spending">spending ord="a">a ord="lot">lot ord="of">of ord="time">time ord="in">in ord="their">their ord="homes">homes ord="to">to ord="make">make ord="them">them ord="nice">nice ord="places">places ord="to">to ord="live">live. ord="This">This ord="is">is ord="called">called
ord="nesting">nesting
or
cocooning.
Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds. Some insects build cocoons around themselves for protection while they grow and change. Nests and cocoons provide security for wildlife. So people like the idea of nests and cocoons, too.
The terms cocooning and ord="nesting">nesting became popular more than twenty years ago. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things. These people then had children.
Now these children are grown and have
left the nest.
They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away. Now these parents are living alone without children in their
empty nest.
They have become
empty nesters.
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This VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES was written by Jill Moss. I’m Faith Lapidus.
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