**American Kids: Move out when they're 18 with the full support of
their
parents
**Italian Kids: Move out when they're 28, having saved for that nice
house and are a week away from getting married .... unless there's room
in the basement for the newlyweds.
**American Kids: When their Mom visits them she brings a nice bundt
cake
and you sip coffee and chat.
** Italian Kids: When their Mom visits them she brings 3 days worth of
food and begins to immediately tid y up, dust, do the laundry or
rearrange the furniture.
**American Kids: Their dads always call before they come over to visit
them and its usually only on special occasions.
**Italian Kids: Are not at all fazed when their dads come over,
unannounced, on a Saturday morning at 8:00 and starts pruning the fruit
trees. And if there are no fruit trees, he will plant some!
**American Parents: You can leave your kids with them and you always
worry if everything is going to be ok plus you have to feed them after
you pick them up.
**Italian Parents: No problem, leave your kids there and if they get
out
of line your parents can set them straight .... plus they get fed.
**American Kids: Always pay retail and look in the yellow pages when
they need something done.
**Italian Kids: Just call their dad or uncle and ask for another dad's
or uncle's phone number to get it done ... cash deal, knowwhatImean?
**American Kids: Will come over for cake and coffee and get only cake
and coffee, no more.
**Italian Kids: Will come over for cake and coffee and get antipasto, a
few bottles of wine, a pasta dish, a choice of two meats, salad, bread,
potatoes, a nice dessert cake, fruit, coffee and a few after dinner
drinks ..... time permitting there will be a late lunch as well.
**American Kids: Think that being Italian is a great thing,
** Italian Kids: Know that being Italian is a great thing,
**American Kids: Never ask the reason you have no food.
** Italian Kids: Are the reason you have no food.
**American Kids: Will say 'hello".
** Italian Kids: Will give you a big hug and a kiss, pinch your cheeks,
and pat you on the back.
**American Kids: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs.
** Italian Kids: Call your parents Mo m and Dad.
**American Kids: Have never seen you cry.
**Italian Kids: Cry with you.
**American Kids: Will eat at your dinner table and leave.
** Italian Kids: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing and just
being together.
** American Kids: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
** Italian Kids: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.
**American Kids: Know a few things about you.
** Italian Kids: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.
**American Kids: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is
doing.
**Italian Kids: Will kick the whole crowds' ass that left you.
**American Kids: Would knock on your door.
**Italian Kids: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!"
**American Kids: Are for a while.
** Italian Kids: Are for life.
