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The recent economic recession has brought about several changes in family dynamics; the increasing share of unemployed individuals, and decreasing salaries modified the equilibria within and between families. Since in Southern European countries, especially Italy, family is a sort of social buffer that moderates the consequences of negative economic shocks of individuals we might expect that the effects of the economic crisis on family dynamics would be particularly high. In this work we focus on transition to adulthood and describe the trend of some related events (leaving home, entering in union, having a child) over time, identifying some changes due to economic recession. Moreover we analyse how undergoing such events affects the risk of entering poverty over time and how dependance on employment status increases over time. Our results suggest an increasing selection among young adults, i.e. those who have higher risks of entering poverty are more and more likely to postpone transition to adulthood during the crisis.