" First, recognize that children are not adults, and you usually cannot improve their behavior with a discussion. If your four-year-old is taking their shirt off in the museum, they will not respond to a reasoned discussion about how you actually do need to wear a shirt in public places. The flip side of this - more important - is that you shouldn't expect them to respond to adult reasoning. And as a result, you should not get angry the way you would if, say, your spouse was stripping in the museum and didn't stop after you explained why they shouldn't.

Toddler discipline is, really, parental discipline. Breathe. Take a second. "

― Emily Oster , Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool