If the son is a minor, according to the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Minors, minors enjoy the rights of survival, development, protection, participation and so on, and parents beat and scold their children at will, which infringes on minors' right to protection.
It is illegal to beat and scold children. If the circumstances are serious, it may constitute a criminal offence. Those who constitute the crime of abuse shall bear legal responsibility.
Abuse of family members, if the circumstances are bad, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.
legal ground
Article 260th of the Criminal Law stipulates that whoever maltreats a family member, if the circumstances are bad, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.
Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes serious injury or death shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than two years but not more than seven years.
The crime in the first paragraph shall be dealt with only if it is told, except that the victim can't tell it, or because of coercion or intimidation.