Corporal punishment refers to the conscious and deliberate usage of physical force with the objective of the child feeling pain or discomfort, but not suffering an injury, with the intention of changing the childs behaviour, which is seen as undesired by the parents (Pećnik, 2006.). This work describes forms of corporal punishment, reasons and motives for children being most often physically punished, reactions and emotions linked to the punishment, consequences that the punishment has on children and the alternatives to the corporal punishment of children. In this work, treasure form of corporal punishment, heavy form od corporal punishment, forcing the consumation of harmful substances on children and actions which include excessive physical discomfort as a way of corporal punishment of chidren,are shown in such a way.(Bilić i Bilić, 2013.). Also, the reasons for the punishment have been presented and they are divided into reasons related to the child's characteristics and the reasons related to the parent’s characteristics (Pećnik i Tokić, 2011.) Also, this work deals with the attitude of parents towards corporal punishment and how it affects on the use of corporal punishment in the upbringing of children. Shown are the campaigns against corporal punishment and how it is regulated in Croatia and in the world.