The widespread social acceptance of corporal punishment indicates how violence has become normalised in child-rearing.

More than 1.3 billion children aged between one and 14 years are subjected to corporal punishment at home each year.

A few days ago, a post went viral on Facebook, saying “Today’s children may not comprehend why we were beaten in our childhoods”.

Brutal treatment of students at a school in Satkhira has raised alarms