Disney Channel's Sitcom Plot

I was talking to a fellow mom like me, who has teenagers, and I like it that we share the same view regarding Disney sitcoms/shows. Disney channel is supposed to be wholesome and apt for entire-family viewing, but it has been my personal opinion that the plots (i.e., Wizards of Waverly Place and Good Luck Charlie, among others) portray the parents to be lesser people.

The mom I was talking to said she thinks the fathers are depicted as dumb. I agree. This is very demeaning because fathers are supposed to be the head of the household and must be key decision makers in the house. So why are they the laughingstock?

With regards to mom, they're also minimized in their roles; instead of them being portrayed as role models to their teenage daughters, they're turned into ambitious, no-clue characters, who got nothing good to impose upon their offspring.

All these in the spirit of comedy?

I think Disney channel should know better than alienating children from their parents, and vice versa.