When did you leave home? Or are you still there? Much has been said about the fact that Gen Y are stubbornly refusing to be shoved out of their comfy nests. But why? Is it really because their parents have pandered to their every whim in the hope of keeping them close? Or are economic pressures making it impossible to go it alone?

Today, Mamamia reader and contributor Lucy Ormonde, who is indeed 23, casts some light for us on being Gen Y and leaving home, or rather staying at home.  She writes

When did you move out of home ? Was it your decision or your parents? And if you have kids at home – do you think you will want them to leave when they finish school?