Sometimes a mother just cannot “hush” a toddler. I doesn’t work that way.
That's why they shouldn't be inflicted on the general public. Children, small dogs, and liberals should be kept at home, where they can't cause problems.
That said, touch one of my grandkids, and the grumpy old man would have to unbutton his fly to see where he was going.
/johnny
Sure she can. My mother did it with the three of us all the time. And on the single occasion I can recall that hushing my brother did not work, all of us left, with Mom apologizing profusely to all in her path.
As long as the parent is actively taking steps to solve the problem, most people are quite tolerant. It’s when the parent is letting the child wail, holler, whine, or otherwise carry on, and is clearly ignoring those bad behaviors, that people like me get snarky and are inspired to post about them on Websites.