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- Season 0 1970-01-01
- Season 1 1988-07-05
- Season 2 1989-07-15
- Season 3 1990-06-26
- Season 4 1991-06-15
- Season 5 1970-01-01
- Season 6 1993-06-15
- Season 7 1994-06-07
- Season 8 1995-06-01
- Season 9 1996-05-28
- Season 10 1997-06-03
- Season 11 1998-06-02
- Season 12 1999-06-01
- Season 13 2000-06-20
- Season 14 2001-06-19
- Season 15 2003-01-20
- Season 16 2004-04-21
- Season 17 1970-01-01
- Season 18 2005-02-07
- Season 19 2006-06-27
- Season 20 2007-06-19
- Season 21 2008-06-24
- Season 22 2009-06-23
- Season 23 2010-04-21
- Season 24 2011-06-21
- Season 25 2012-06-21
- Season 26 2013-06-24
- Season 27 2014-06-23
- Season 28 2015-06-22
- Season 29 2016-05-23
- Season 30 2017-06-26
- Season 31 1970-01-01
- Season 32 1970-01-01
- Season 33 2020-06-29
- Season 34 2021-07-05
- Season 35 2022-07-11
- Season 36 2023-06-26
Season 36 Episode
- Season 15 Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
- Season 15 Boomtown
- Season 15 Hybrid
- Season 15 Refrigerator Mothers
- Season 15 Fenceline: A Company Town Divided
- Season 15 Sweet Old Song
- Season 15 Mai's America
- Season 15 Senorita Extraviada
- Season 15 Escuela
- Season 15 Afghanistan 1380
- Season 15 Two Towns of Jasper
POV - Season 15 Episode 4 Refrigerator Mothers
6.80 60 minutes It is America of the 1950s and 1960s, when a woman's most important contribution to society is generally considered to be her ability to raise happy, well-adjusted children. But for the mother whose child is diagnosed with autism, her life's purpose will soon become a twisted nightmare. Looking for help and support, she encounters instead a medical establishment that pins the blame for her child's bizarre behaviors on her supposedly frigid and detached mothering. Along with a heartbreaking label for her child, she receives a devastating label of her own. She is a "refrigerator mother".Refrigerator Mothers paints an intimate portrait of an entire generation of mothers, already laden with the challenge of raising profoundly disordered children, who lived for years under the dehumanizing shadow of professionally promoted "mother blame."Once isolated and unheard, these mothers have emerged with strong, resilient voices to share the details of their personal journeys. Through their poignant stories, Refrigerator Mothers puts a human face on what can happen when authority goes unquestioned and humanity is removed from the search for scientific answers.
