Parental Corporal Punishment as a Tool of Domestic Discipline in India: A Psycho-Legal Discourse

Corporal punishment remains a widely used discipline technique in most Indian families, but it has also been a subject of controversy within the child development and psychological communities. All parents want smart children. This article shows that avoiding spanking and correcting misbehavior in other ways can help that happen.The role which is expected from law to play in stopping corporal punishment of the children within family to ensure their overall development is the key issue in this paper.