In the 1997 American book Family-by-Choice by Susan Ahern and Kent G. Bailey, the authors argue that people should not lament the passing of the traditional family because a new possibility has arisen in its wake. People can freely choose the type of family best suited to them and find a new horizon.
在美國出版的《另類家庭》一書中，作者認為，人們毋需為傳統家庭的瓦解而傷心，因為隨之而來的是一種新的可能性，人們可以自由選擇最適合自己的家庭形式，找到新的出路。