It's time to dabble in a little psychology.
From my experience, those who have the basic necessities in life, but not luxuriously cradled turn out the best. This is because they are forced to escape from the world in a certain outlet. Those with constructive outlets, invest a load of time into a constructive field and emerge into the real world with a skill. However, those who do not have to mentally cocoon do not achieve this.
In other words, if a caterpillar is completely content with life, the only reason to cocoon is because he has to, which does not yield desirable results.