An Italian retiree took legal action to force her two sons, aged 40 and 42, to leave home. The court in the northern Italian city of Pavia gave them a deadline of December 18, local newspaper La Provincia Paese reported today.
They will then have to spend Christmas elsewhere. The 75-year-old had already tried several times in other ways to get the two to leave Hotel Mama. According to the newspaper, the two workers did not want to pay the single mother’s rent or help with the housework.
In Italy, there are a relatively large number of people who continue to live with their parents long after the age of 18. According to a survey carried out by the EU statistics agency last year, the average age at which people left was exactly 30.
According to several surveys carried out in recent years, more than a third of Italians over 30 have not yet left home. There are several reasons for this. The economic situation is also part of this. The Italian central bank warned in a study some time ago about “serious economic and demographic consequences” if young people postpone looking for a job and starting a family for so long.