An Italian father will ALWAYS dominate his son's life. I always thought that there was a chance that a very strong mother could be the one to influence her son(s) to not follow in his father's footsteps. But ONLY the father, grandfather, uncles or older cousins can determine the young Italian male's fate. If he wants his son to go to college then that's what he'll do. If he agrees to let him earn then that will happen. So, there's no sense in writing down a bunch of names here. It's EVERY son who had his father or other males present in his life.

My two cents.