if your child came up and smacked you across the face, are you going to do it back to them, just so they can see how it feels? If they kicked you in the shins, you're going to do it back to them? Telling them that it's wrong to do something like that as you're doing it back to them? Talk about confusing as well as inappropriate.I'm sorry, I see that a different way. Abbie pushed her mom, Asa stood up and said don't push her. And pushed her back. If that was your own child, and they did that to you, you would do the same exact thing. This is the first time we ever seen them discipline her. I for one am happy to see that. They gave her a clear message not to do that again. Austistic/IDD or whatever you call it that that is something. Honestly glad that they did that, they're trying to do something new. Whatever you think of Priscilla, she doesn't deserve to be abused by her own child.
All that does it teach the child that that's an appropriate way to respond to things. Children definitely need to be disciplined but meeting physical aggression or violence with more physical aggression/violence is not the way to do it.
In Abbie's case especially, she isn't going to pick up on the social cues or make the connection. As far as she knows, this is just the same as the rough housing play they like to do with her. She was happy and hyped up and wanted to play around like they do with her. Even when Asshat said "Don't push Mom".. it wasn't in a totally serious 'I mean business' kind of tone.