It's a protective, supportive environment where we reinforce the right things.

The larvae develop tentacles of their own and grow in this protective environment for at least three months.

Away from the protective environment of the faux-village, Ace dies.

We worry constantly about his future, even though he is living and working in a protective environment.

Such a treatment would more or less duplicate the tightly structured protective environment of a home, with clear rules.

Also, the protective environment of a greenhouse tends to obscure the difference between different strains.

Here they are in a protective, sheltered environment where we can work with their feelings.

He grew up in a strict and protective environment.

But the protective environment of rigid regulation was legislated away in the early 1980's.

They also believed the cave was a peaceful and protective environment for the spirits of their ancestors to live on in.