Infantilization

I see infantilization all the time. Whether I see it on TV, in school, or at home, I feel as if it is all around me. Examples of how I see it on TV is in commercials. They always seem to appeal to the inner child in everyone. Mostly I see it in credit card commercials. They tell their customers to reward themselves, even though they only get rewarded by spending their money. They encourage people to spend money just so they gets points towards a reward, and people actually buy in to this.
Another place I see this is in our school. I actually encountered an essay prompt today that relates to infantilization. The question was, "Should students be graded on their ability to know facts or should they be graded upon effort?" In other words, should we reward students with good grades if they give it their best try? Also I think that students are given too much responsibility, yet we still receive punishment as if we were younger. We are expected to go and live on our own in a year when we transition into college, yet we still get i trouble with the deans over miniscule things.
Finally where I see infantilization probably the most is at home. My mom thinks that she is rewarding me when she lets me drive, even to work. Going to work is an adult responsibility, therefore driving to work and getting there on time should be expected. Teens and Adults are constantly being infantilized whether you realize it or not. It is throughout our everyday lives and we need to start realizing it, or else we will be taken over by these thoughts that we can be controlled as if we are infants.