I have a bunch of kids and as much as I love them they also drive me nuts. They can be loud and messy. The younger ones are still figuring out where their personal space ends and other people's (mostly mine!) begins. But I can't ever imagine them doing something like drinking someone else's lemonade. And if they ever took leave of their senses long enough to try, I would deal with it ASAP and also buy you another lemonade.
My kids are my responsibility and if they act up in public it's my job to correct them or take them somewhere else so they aren't disturbing others.
But I have also occasionally come across people who do seem to resent children being present in public at all. Don't think they should be brought to restaurants, etc. I couldn't say what percentage of the childfree population feels that way, but people like that do exist. And I think it's a shame because (a) how do you teach kids to behave in places like restaurants if you don't take them to practice, and (b) if I've put in the work to teach my kids how to behave in various places and they are not being disruptive, they really do have just as much right to be there as any other segment of the population.
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