AT HOME WITH MAMMA : FOR MANY YOUNG ITALIAN MEN, STAYING IN THE FAMILY NEST IS A MATTER OF GOOD SENSE AND GOOD COOKING

               According to figures recently released by ISTAT, the Italian National Statistics Institute, the number of Italian "boys" between the ages of 18 and 34 living with their parents has reached 58.5 percent, up from 51.8 percent seven years ago. That climbing trend is mirrored across Europe, but almost 30% of Italian men aged 30-34, uniquely, have yet to fly the nest. 

             There are some reasons such strong psychological and cultural roots,but the main reason the boys are at home is economic.In the Anglo-Saxon world, it's easier for 18-year-olds to make it on their own by earning money from jobs and getting scholarship from schools, but not in Italy.Another reason may be being freedom in family. It's no longer the authoritarian family of the past,so young people can now enjoy autonomy within their parents' home.

           The Italian family has indeed changed, but the mother-son relationship remains as strong as ever.Mamma's boys and mothers always try to make each other happy.

          However, this close relationship between boys and mothers sometime can cause problems. For example,because of mothers' obsessive love for their boys, they can't manage to cut the cord when boys marry. Therefore, a lot of marriages break up because mothers are around too much.

I think this is an interesting topic for me because I like good family relationships or crowded, big families and being together. In addition, I like men who are Mamma's Boys :) As I always think that men who are keen on their mamma are also keen on their wife, so I partly agree with the article. Mother-son good relationship is okey, but to some extent. Also, I do not like and agree that people's leave home at very young age. I think it causes cutting the family cords and looking for affection and love from other things

To sum up, Italian boys are doing a good job by staying home with their family before marry.