| It is something that many parents dream | | | | society withdraws from physical interaction |
| of:the chance to be able to stay at home with | | | | with each other.This "hermit-like" behaviour |
| their children and to not need to take their | | | | can lead to the decline of many cultural and |
| children to the babysitters so they can go to | | | | social traditions.Cocooning also affects the |
| work. | | | | way we interact with other when do finally |
| | | | leave the house and meet face to face. |
| It is hard to find a place in this world that | | | | |
| will allow you to work and contribute to the | | | | The availability and popularity of the |
| family income, but that will also allow you | | | | internet has changed the way that humans |
| to stay at home with your children.Luckily, | | | | communicate and interact. We can spend hours |
| if you are working online there are many jobs | | | | in chat rooms pretending to be |
| that you can do as a stay at home parent, and | | | | beautiful,successful and brilliant when in |
| still do your best to help your family make | | | | fact we are average looking, overweight and |
| ends meet. | | | | unemployed.The person at the other end of the |
| | | | keyboard has no way of verifying our claims |
| There are many different jobs that stay at | | | | or disproving them. |
| home parents might do.The important thing | | | | |
| about working from home and being a stay at | | | | Discussion over the internet removes an |
| home parent is that you can set your own | | | | essential aspect of communication: body |
| hours.This is very important if you have | | | | language.Such things as posturing,fidgeting |
| small children that are going to need your | | | | and eye contact all are unconscious |
| time. Instead of making your children wait | | | | transmitters of our true intentions.We learn |
| until your work is finished,you can figure | | | | as small children not to make eye contact |
| out a way to make your work wait until your | | | | when telling a lie and to cross our arms to |
| children have free time you can spend at | | | | distance ourselves from unpleasant people or |
| work. | | | | situations.As of today, the computer screen |
| | | | has no way of converting these communication |
| Being a stay at home parent and working is | | | | skills into data that can be observed as |
| something that requires a little bit of | | | | overtones in the written text of a |
| structure,but once you have figured it out is | | | | conversation. |
| something that is easy to do. You are going | | | | |
| to be able to stay at home and get your work | | | | This cocooning may affect the communication |
| done, and you are also going to be able to | | | | skills of future generations.While excelling |
| show your family that you care about them by | | | | at expressing themselves through the written |
| being there for your kids all of the time. | | | | word, our children may lack the skills to |
| | | | give a convincing speech in public of carry |
| There are many things that a stay at home | | | | on a comfortable conversation while waiting |
| parent can do to work from home.The most | | | | in line at the grocery store.Some youth even |
| important thing that you can do is to figure | | | | use text messaging to communicate when they |
| out what kinds of things you are interested | | | | are in the same room. |
| in.You should try to get a stay at home job | | | | |
| that falls in one of your interests,because | | | | The prevalence of home based businesses may |
| working is something that is going to be with | | | | be in part due to this preference for |
| your for awhile and you want to be sure that | | | | cocooning and nonverbal communication.It is |
| not only are you doing good work but you are | | | | perfectly acceptable to home school your |
| making ends meet for your family in a way | | | | children, run a business from your home, |
| that makes you happy. | | | | email your mother and fax your clients.You |
| | | | can even order a pizza, shop for a birthday |
| There are many stay at home parents,who work | | | | gift and have your groceries delivered:all |
| only in their fields, whether this is writing | | | | without any verbal communication. |
| or marketing or other forms of art.You can | | | | |
| find something that you love to do, and you | | | | As in everything in life,a balance is |
| can find a way to do it at home, so your | | | | needed.If you email your mother today,call |
| children never have to be at home without | | | | her tomorrow and visit her on the weekend.If |
| you, and your family time can be spent as a | | | | you work from home,make time to visit the |
| family. | | | | park.Join social groups rather that internet |
| | | | message forums.Limit the amount of time that |
| Working form home is something that has | | | | your children use the internet and cell phone |
| become quite popular with families and with | | | | for text messaging.Encourage teens to take a |
| other parents.Try to find a way that it can | | | | speech or debate class along with that |
| fit in your lifestyle as well. | | | | computer programming class when signing up |
| | | | for college courses. |
| Are Home Based Businesses Encouraging Social | | | | |
| Isolation? | | | | Many great social traditions like wedding |
| | | | rituals and back yard barbeques may someday |
| Sociologists have studied what has been | | | | soon be in danger of extinction.We all must |
| termed "cocooning" very carefully since the | | | | do our part to keep the spark of social |
| explosion of the World Wide Web.Cocooning is | | | | interaction alive for future generations. |
| the process of social isolation where a | | | | |