Dear Commercials on TV

Why do you insist on having the parents in these commercials not actually being parents? There's that Fruits Roll Up commercial where the kid is whining for a snack and the mom just up and gets him one anyways. I'm sorry but kids will learn that if you give in that they can easily get what they want. I mean I can understand not wanting your kids to freak out and embarrass you in a public setting, but there's a line where you still can be a parent and not give in to them just to save face.
And then there's that Pediasure commercial. The mom is worried that she can't get her kid to eat everything he should, so instead of being creative about things, she gets Pediasure instead. However in watching the commercial, it's clear that the kid DOES eat the things she wants him to, just not the amounts she wants. Kids go through times when they don't eat as much, or they only want to eat the same things over and over again. They do eventually grow out of it. And there are ways to get them to eat things they normally wouldn't, you just gotta be creative about it.
And then there's that one about TruMoo chocolate milk. The son asks if he could have it, which is fine. But rather than the mom looking at the ingredients and such herself, some little guy pops up on her shoulder telling her that it's good for him. and then the little devil on her shoulder has nothing bad to say about it... It's like, really? This successful looking lady can't make a decision without someone telling her how to make it?!?
I'm just sick of these commercials that are telling parents that they no longer have to be parents any more. That they need to let other people tell them how to be parents. It's just with how some people are parents these days, there's a reason why kids are terrible these days. It drives me insane. It's like the idea of parents being parents is a foreign concept these days. Like all these kids are dictating to their parents how their parents should be. There's a line between working out compromises with your kids, and letting them decide how everything should be. No means no means no. Is that really so hard?

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

You'd think I'd know that. But I swear I just keep setting myself up for disappointment over and over again. You'd think that I'd know by now that this person is highly unlikely to follow through on things they say they'll do. Or at least things they agree to do in regards to me. Yet I continue to keep trying. Why can't I just let some things alone when I know I'll just be disappointed yet again? Must I continue to give people the benefit off the doubt just to have it blow up in my face over and over again? Some days I don't know why I do such things. Sometimes I think that it would be easier if I didn't care about people or things at all. Because when they keep disappointing you over and over again, it's the worst feeling ever. I just wish that I could convince myself to stop trying. But I've always been a hoper and a dreamer. I've always expected people to be the best they can, without forcing them to be. Yet I can't seem to make myself stop hoping they will rise up to the challenge. As often as I keep having glaring facts and such that I should give up on certain things, I can't seem to let myself do so. How do you give up on a someone? Even though they let you down all the time. Even though at this point, you should have given up on them ages ago because anyone else in this situation would have. How do you stop trying to get their approval when they hardly spared you a thought in a good long while? Or at least, you don't think they have because wouldn't they have told you? Or tried to get in contact with you rather than you being the only one trying all the time.
How do you have a maintain a good relationship with someone when it feels like they've stopped trying? Or that they think it'll still be exactly the same as it was the last time they were there. Don't people realize that someone can only try so hard for so long before they just can't keep trying? And how do you tell that person exactly how you're feeling when it seems all things you've been trying to say falls on deaf ears or goes unanswered?
Some days I just don't know any more.