Suddenly Hollywood stars and starlets who were otherwise unattached began to sprout little offspring: Calista Flockhart, who played TV’s ultimate desperate childless single woman, adopted a son – and, like a fairy tale, later met and married Harrison Ford. Kourtney Kardashian of the reality show The Kardashians had a baby as an “unwed mother” – a stigmatizing term that has gone out of fashion – and is depicted as bravely holding down the fort and staying up all night with feedings as the child’s irresponsible father parties.
一时间单身的好莱坞明星和刚崭露头角的年轻女星身边开始出现各式各样的小孩：在电视上扮演最绝望的无子单身女性的卡莉斯塔·弗洛克哈特领养了一个儿子，而后发生的事情像童话故事一样，她邂逅哈里森·福特并与之结合。写实节目卡尔达石一家中的科特尼·卡尔达石是一位“未婚妈妈”，这是一个已经过时的污辱性字眼，节目中的她勇敢承担了别人犯下的错误，在孩子不负责任的父亲在外面花天酒地时整夜不睡给孩子无微不至的照顾。