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This interview was originally conducted in the early 2000s. Marine is a French mother of two boys, who at the time were aged eight and four respectively. When we first … Read more

Most of the stories you feature on your website are about correspondents being smacked on their bottoms for misbehaviour. And although as a mother I was never a big spanker, … Read more

When I was raising my son Drew, I was firm believer in corporal punishment. Although when he was very young I used my hand to spank, from about six upwards … Read more

I’ve noticed that much of your content tends to be from the perspective of the person receiving the spanking, rather than the one in charge of it. I could tell … Read more

As a young girl, I was by no means a stranger to corporal punishment. In fact, in 1970s Britain, I think you’d be hard pushed to find a child who … Read more

Cheryl is a single mum, who at the time of this interview lived in the Midlands of the UK with her six-year-old daughter Billie. When did you first smack her … Read more

Joy is a mother of two boys in New Zealand. At the time of this interview, the children were aged six and eight respectively – and the country had yet … Read more

Roberta is another single mom being featured on this website, having at the time of interview a six-year-old daughter named Kelly. Mother and daughter reside in a small town in … Read more

As a mother, I frequently had resort to a well smacked bottom in keeping my children in line. But I have only ever had to put one of my four … Read more

We conclude our look at the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine with some more sage advice on the physical correction of children taken from its annals. A Medical Student wrote: “With regard to … Read more

In this next selection of letters to the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, we encounter more correspondence from both the chastisers and the chastised. The first memory comes from Florence, who writes: … Read more

Maman continues its review of correspondence to the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine, a Victorian publication which had a particular fascination with the subject of disciplining children. As we have already seen, … Read more

Another excerpt from the Victorian pornographic novel The Romance of Lust. After witnessing his little sister receive the rod across her bare bottom a few days before, 15-year-old Charles determines … Read more

The following is an excerpt from The Romance of Lust, an anonymously-authored pornographic flagellant novel dating from the 1870s. The narrator Charles, a boy of 15, has already spied upon … Read more

In the final part of her discussions about the merits or otherwise of spanking, our Christian mother sums up her thoughts and ends with a vigorous defence of the practice. … Read more

When I was a boy, my best mate was Matthew [all names changed – Ed], and he and I spent a lot of time at each other’s houses. I was … Read more