Corporal punishment is a traditional method of upbringing in many cultures. Over the years, many of the damaging consequences of corporal punishment have been identified on the child. In Croatia, there is still a positive attitude towards corporal punishment of children, although there is a legal ban and there are known damaging consequences for the child. This research explored what kind of attitudes toward corporal punishment have students of the University of Zagreb. The students showed more negative attitudes towards corporal punishment of children and also show a rare experience of corporal punishment in childhood. The research identified differences and attitudes in relation to some personal characteristics of the participant (gender, place of residence, family size, type of study, contentment of upbringing) where statistically significant differences and correlations are shown only in some characteristics (gender, type of study, and contentment of upbringing). The research also identified the correlation between the experience of corporal punishment and the attitude of corporal punishment of children where it was found that students who more frequently experienced bodily punishment had more positive attitudes toward it. The issue of justifying such behavior has also been introduced in this issue, which has proved to play a significant role in shaping the attitude of corporal punishment. The last issue of this research is the education of students about corporal punishment of children. The results show that the education of students in this way did not differ in their attitudes, but also that there are a large number of students who are not familiar with the statutory ban on corporal punishment of children.