Corporal Punishment is defined as the use of physical force towards a child for the purpose of control and/or correction and as a disciplinary penalty inflicted on the body with the intention of causing some degree of pain or discomfort (afis.gov). Corporal Punishment is important sociologically because sociologists are able to study the attitudes surrounding the matter. Due to people in society having personal opinions about corporal punishment, a final decision has not been made on whether corporal punishment should be permitted or rejected in the upbringing of children in society. Some parents prefer spankings while others see it as abuse. If parents argue that corporal punishment is a form of abuse they will not permitted it in their
