Creating healthy boundaries? How to enforce?

Question

So I have a 3-year-old, a 1 year old, and another on the way. I honestly went the approach in our home where I child-proofed most of the house and we just don't have a lot of decorations or breakable knick knacks. I didn't really do it intentionally it just kind of happened. 
Now I'm wondering if that was a mistake. Because when we go to other people's house they do not know those boundaries and to not touch breakable things because I've just never had any breakables around at their level. Now that there are two of them running around it's harder to keep track of them both is a much bigger challenge. 
It's tricky catching them at other people's houses  before the touch something breakable or decorative I do my best though. I tell them "yes that's pretty but we don't touch that" and try to redirect their interests. 
The most disheartening thing though is getting those great side eyes from adults who think my children are completely undisciplined 😑 (I know I shouldn't care what other people think but those looks really just make me feel like I've failed as a parent and it is exhausting)
How do you mamas enforce the no touching rule or proper boundaries? Should I start putting a couple of pretty things out and teaching them not to touch them at home? Sorry for the long-winded question I'm just at a loss here..

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I do have some things on my daughters level that she’s not allowed to mess with. Like a couple uncovered outlets, wires, and my husbands liquor collection/bar with glasses and syrups. My 2 year old knows this is off limits. I think it’s smart to have just a couple things in the house to teach your kids that there are boundaries on what is for them and what are their parent’s things.

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Mine pretty much has run of the house too, but he still understands when I tell him not to touch things. Usually when we go to someone's house I'll get down on his level and tell him exactly what he isn't allowed to touch, first thing before he starts running around, that way the boundaries have been set right away. Then if he tries to touch those things at all I just remind him not to.

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sure put a couple things out to test the theory!

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It sounds like there are two things your kids need to learn.
 The first is how to deal with breakable objects. For that, I've allowed my toddler to deal with glass while supervised since she was very young, while constantly telling her to be careful. And she has broken one or two things that were left on the table by accident, so she knows what it means when I say something will break. So she now knows how to handle glass and ceramic very gently. 
The second thing is not to touch things that are out of bounds. We don't really have these at home, but I've been teaching her this concept while we're out, and telling her not to touch other people's cars, gates, lawn ornaments etc. And she seems to have transferred the idea  to indoor stuff as well. There is also one reachable cupboard at home that used to have a child lock on it that eventually broke. We kinda found that useful actually coz she knows she's not supposed to open it, even though she knows she can. But somehow stops herself from doing it anyway 😅😅😅 and nags me to lock the cupboard
Sorry 😬 not sure how helpful this is but j can only share my experiences..

Creating healthy boundaries? How to enforce?

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