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How do you think they're going to learn to behave in public if they're just cooped up 24/7?

Thats not w what my comment said at all. Why are you arguing in bad faith?

Removing from the venue changes the setting and makes it easier to talk to the child about what they were doing, and even more likely address whatever the child had going on. Removing them from the setting temporarily makes parenting easier and benefits everyone else.

Source: am parent and was a child at one point

My parents made tons of mistakes, but the word shh being acknowledged as existing wasn't one of them.

People love to act like children are always so difficult they cannot be reasoned with, but shushing isn't actually trauma. And it works very often. Guess what, everywhere I go people have horribly behaved dogs while mine is an angel in comparison. Why? Because I didn't just let them do whatever whenever. I made small corrections consistently. And my dog seems quite happy. I'm sure you'll get all mad that I'm "comparing children and animals" but honestly you can see the same kinds of boundary testing and reactions from both so I think it's fair.

They learn how to behave because when they behave inappropriately, they are punished. No one here is opposed to a charming little kid wandering around and doing cute shit. They are opposed to kids throwing 45 minute long temper tantrums because the italian restaurant doesn't have chicken nuggets. You can practice this feedback cycle both at home and in public (in public, of course, remove the kid from the situation where they are annoying everyone first).