This is a problem that Italy is just at the top of the issue.
I don't know if this is a parenting issue, or the adults that don't want to leave home, just don't want to leave the nest in order not to take responsibility of their lives.
But this is a extreme measure, to take your son to court so he could leave the house. Is this a trend we expect to see in the future?
The Guardian has a small piece about this problem:
An exasperated Italian couple has resorted to legal help to kick their 41-year-old son out of the house, in the latest case to highlight the phenomenon of Italy's stay-at-home "bamboccioni" or mummy's boys.
Now the government wants to change things:
After the report was released, a cabinet minister came up with a drastic solution to the problem, proposing legislation which would make it compulsory for teenagers to leave home once they reached adulthood.
I know many in Australia that are well 30, and don't want to leave home because they have it so good:
Renato Brunetta, the minister in charge of streamlining the country's bureaucracy, admitted that in his youth he too was a "bamboccioni", which translates as "big baby", and that his mother made his bed for him until he was 30.
If you someone who can do everything for you for free, and to top it all, you have a good job, don't pay rent, and don't have to do anything around the house, no wonder you think you are better off with your parents, to whom you don't have to pay any notice or have to tell them what you are doing, or where you are, etc.
Luis Alberto Jovel
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