The idea that people have to or should move out of their parents home after a certain age seems a bit silly - and can often be rude and demeaning - to me. The way I see it, unless a person gets married and starts a family of his own or has to move away in order to get a job, moving out of his parents' home just because he is a certain age and is "supposed to" move out sounds wasteful to me. Renting a place or paying a mortgage is expensive, so if a person just stays at home and avoids that unnecessary expense he can put the money saved towards wiser ends, such as saving, paying down his own debt (student loans, etc.) or helping his parents with household chores and expenses. Plus with rent, you pay rent for all those months and years, and at the end you don't own anything, so you're paying out a lot of money for a shelter that is only temporary. If you can avoid renting, why rent? Plus humans are by and large social creatures, and its not really good for someone to live alone, so its best to live with one's family.
The mindset also seems to be a bit of a cultural thing in the U.S. Anglos may buy into this idea, but it seems to me that most of the Italian-Americans I know typically don't expect people to move out once they reach a certain age, in fact they would prefer it if the kids stayed home and weren't in a hurry to grow up.
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