when you turn them off after the water is back on and then they do, sort of, pushing a lot of water out at once. You'll want the kitchen faucet to run for a minute to flush the line, then all will be well.

It won't hurt the toilet. It won't hurt the tub. It just comes back on a little enthusiastically, so be careful how far you open the taps.

But what you say is not what my experience has been. I turn on the faucet in the kitchen and let it sputter and convulse. Then I do the same in the bathroom faucet and the tub, and let them run until they stop acting up. But I still have that popping and sputtering with the toilet the first time too.

Does it help to shut the valve to the toilet halfway to slow the water the first time? I swear, one of these times, this is going to mess my toilet up.

and not turn it back on until the water is restored and you run it for a bit.

The problem probably is air that gets in the pipes and gets compressed, it can seem explosive when
it reaches the faucet and uncompresses.

If I turn off the water to the toilet and wait for the water to come back on, then run the sink faucet and tub faucet for a while, will the air in the pipe to the toilet get out too, or is there no way to prevent that pounding on the first flush?

(is the toilet after the sink and tub or before).

But if air is still stuck in the pipe by the toilet after running the sink and tub, you can flush
the toilet then gradually open the valve by the toilet releasing any air pressure slowly.

I didn't know if it would matter, but that was the only option I had in mind.

coming into the house. It might be too high, or higher than necessary. I did and I had it lowered. Less strain on old pipes.

when I was doing a futile search...I should have come here first. It sounds easy to remedy---for a plumber.