The family has an impact on the child’s entire development, therefore the rearing practices parents choose in the process of a child’s upbringing are very important. Rearing practices represent the specific procedures that parents use in the parenting process to direct their children. There are many inadequate rearing procedures, i.e. procedures that are humiliating for the child, such as corporal punishment, which is still used today despite the numerous negative consequences. In addition to physical punishment, there are other forms of punishment such as psychological and verbal punishment that are also harmful to normal child development. On the other hand, there are many positive rearing procedures that parents can apply to prevent or eliminate their child's inappropriate behavior. The prevention of antisocial behaviors refers to procedures that parents carry out before that behavior occurs, and the goal is to train the child for acceptable behavior in the future. However, even if the parents are excellent at implementing preventive rearing practices, there will be situations when the child will behave inappropriately. Therefore, parents need to be familiar with various adequate corrective educational procedures that will help them teach their children responsible behavior and self-control. Accordingly, the goal of this B.A. thesis is to present positive preventive and corrective rearing practices and to describe some ways of punishing children.