TI present my parents, indeed no. Ti (re) I bring to my house. Because that’s where my life makes sense. This seems to be a bit the juice of A Nestlé investigation conducted by Yougov on 1,200 Italians. That the Italians were “mammons” & etc, is certainly not new. But the fact that emerges strongly is that the house of “mom and dad” remains the nest where successes and disappointments are celebrated and live. In the end we always return there, in the parents’ arms.
If the family home is an emotional refuge
The family home, therefore, as a physical, but also emotional place, A nest made of relationships, care and shared memory. Where you grow, return and be reborn, in short. In particular For 86% of interviewees it is a place of protection and care, while 83% associates it with Transmission of values such as security, tenderness, lovingness.
Identity is formed between the four walls
The stay of an apartment
Mi home, e.g. tu house. My home is your home, it is used to say everywhere. 59%, according to research, believe it has had a decisive impact on their identity. For over 8 out of 10 interviewees, the habits learned in the nest continue to guide their life choices every day. «In the nest we grow as individuals and as a community. It is the place of emotional and symbolic transmission, where the foundations of identity are built “he explains Marta Villa, cultural anthropologist in the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento.
Not only nostalgia: also conscious choice
The data, apparently, may not surprise. In reality, to amaze more, In the research, it is that 36% of Italian adults still live in the nest of origin by choice, and not out of necessity. And only 19% perceive it as a limiting environment. “The place where you grew up is often seen as a return place, but for many it is also a choice of stability, intimacy and roots” explains Villa. “It is the place where you are preparing on the fly. But also the point from which it is reborn ».
Italian mammons for the Eurostat
True or not, by choice or necessity, EUROSTAT research has highlighted that the Italians “mammons” They remain with parents up to 30 years: our country still remains in fifth place in the ranking concerning the age in which the family unit is left later. We are in fifth place in Europe (together with Bulgaria) in the ranking concerning the age when you leave the house later. First (and worse) of us, Spain (30, 4), Greece (30.6), Slovakia (31) and Croatia (31.8).
The European average is 26 years old, In the Nordic countries the family is left shortly after 20 years, with Finland and Sweden at 21 years old and Norway at 22, favored by well -structured welfare systems.
That nest that still feeds us
Family gathered at the table
Finally, the research also shows that 53% of Italians recognize a deep bond with the family and the place where he grew up through food. For 6 out of 10 Italians, the flavor of childhood is also a life lesson: It is at the table that the deepest values are transmitted. “We eat how generations before us taught us,” Villa observes Villa. “In the nest we learn to eat, but also to love, to speak, to tell”.
In short, the spaghetti of the (own) mother remain unsurpassed.
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