The phrase "sheltered upbringing" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to a childhood in which the person experienced minimal exposure to harsh or challenging situations. For example: She had a privileged and sheltered upbringing, so she doesn't know much about the real world.
These social engagements are a huge turnaround from the brothers' extremely sheltered upbringing, and both Mukunda and Narayana concede that the change has been easier than anticipated.
SHAZIA MIRZA I had a very sheltered upbringing.
This is what's known as a "sheltered upbringing".
Women who have had a sheltered upbringing are most prone to these liaisons.
She had a very sheltered upbringing and was ill-prepared to cope.
I had a fairly sheltered upbringing and looking back I was very naïve.
As Donald Keene, with muted amusement, reveals in "Emperor of Japan," Mutsuhito's upbringing was sheltered from the turmoil overtaking his country; it was traditional, steeped in the ancient protocol and customs of the court.
All the people who have gone before you, all the knowledge they built up, the language they coined that you use to communicate, the businesses and industries that rose to give you work, water, shelter and food, the upbringing your parents, teachers, or other loved ones gave you, what your friends have done for you, and so on.
What seems more clear to me is the profound sense of shock ("state of emergency!") that I can only guess arises out of a middle American upbringing; a pallid, sheltered, liberal, colorblind understanding of history, and the nurturing of an artistic voice in a world-class art school in the midwest, a residency in the woods of Maine, and the privileged halls of the Ivy League.
Ms. Colon has somehow sheltered him from the fate that afflicts many children with troubled upbringings; she has raised a focused, disciplined teenager whose first priority is good grades.
Defining "Negroland" as the stratum of black America "where residents were sheltered by a certain amount of privilege and plenty," this memoir by a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic recounts her upbringing in mid-century Chicago, the second daughter of a pediatrician and a social worker turned homemaker.
