No, it's not normal.
Parents who use corporal punishment and /or verbal or mental abuse as a means to discipline their offspring, are old-school throwbacks of an earlier period.
They had simply never learned that a rewards-based system of instilling appropriate behaviours, is far more effective.
Id est, that rewards are given for suitable or proper behaviour(s), but the child or adolescent learns that rewards previously awarded might be revoked for poor or inappropriate behaviour(s), and that no rewards will be earned or offered where they are not worthy or deserving.
There are some subtle variations to this, depending on the attitudes and discretions of the parents.
Is Physical punishment still common practice?
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No, it's not normal.
Parents who use corporal punishment and /or verbal or mental abuse as a means to discipline their offspring, are old-school throwbacks of an earlier period.
They had simply never learned that a rewards-based system of instilling appropriate behaviours, is far more effective.
Id est, that rewards are given for suitable or proper behaviour(s), but the child or adolescent learns that rewards previously awarded might be revoked for poor or inappropriate behaviour(s), and that no rewards will be earned or offered where they are not worthy or deserving.
There are some subtle variations to this, depending on the attitudes and discretions of the parents.