My sister and I both remember this, so it must be real. It was a movie (maybe made for TV) from the 80s where a "boy" is delivered (from a factory?) in a large can to a single woman. She then tries "mothering" him despite the fact that she has no experience. The only detail we both seem to remember (aside from the can) is the "mom" feeding him cheese doodles covered in chocolate syrup for a meal. It is driving us mad!! Thanks so much!

Could be the movie noted in the last message of this thread:

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/movies...ghlight=conrad

My brother and I were in the same boat and went on a mad search for the name of this film. We found the answer! I noticed you wrote your question in January, but I thought I must answer in case it was still nagging at you.

It's called Konrad. It was a TV movie from 1985.

Konrad (1985) (TV)

Also, I have to give credit to the page where I found the answer:

Television Trivia: 1980s TV show or possibly made-for-tv movie, ray bradbury theater, ray bradbury