Corporal punishment of children in the family is a very common phenomenon, and its consequences far from negligible. Since violence is most common within the family, professionals are the ones who should recognize the signs of corporal punishment of children in the family and adequately respond and protect the child. For this very reason, the aim of the paper is to examine the correlation between individual characteristics and experiences of students of helping professions and their attitudes toward corporal punishment of children in the family. 174 students participated in the research and it was conducted using a web survey. The questionnaire consisted of 4 parts: sociodemographic characteristic, personal beliefs and attitudes, forms of everyday behaviour and childhood experiences. The results showed that there is a correlation between different dimensions of the participants` religiousness and their attitudes about corporal punishment of children in the family, and there is also a statistically significant negative correlation between beliefs about the consequences of physical abuse and the degree of religiosity. There is also a statistically significant positive correlation between the physical violence experienced during childhood and the attitudes on justification and effectiveness of physical punishment.