A change in policy
When I was growing up in the 1950s and 60s, parents did not hesitate to scold their children publicly, or even spank them. I have many memories of mothers walking … Read more
When I was growing up in the 1950s and 60s, parents did not hesitate to scold their children publicly, or even spank them. I have many memories of mothers walking … Read more
As a boy growing up in the 50s, I was used to getting the slipper from my father, as I suspect were many other children of that tie. The punishment … Read more
The first spanking I ever gave was when Ben was three. I was tired and stressed, with a baby and a three and four-year-old to look after, with my husband … Read more
I grew up in what would now be called a cult – there was strict dress, non-mainstream schooling, extreme entanglement with the church and little outside influence. I am an … Read more
I went to a private girls school during the early 1970s. It was an age where attitudes to children, and their behaviour, were still pretty much 20 years behind the … Read more
I’d like to relay some smacking memories from my own childhood – for the sake of anonymity, I’ll refer to myself as ‘Bobby’ if you don’t mind. Although a girl, … Read more
The most embarrassing spanking I ever got was the first time I was done completely nude in front of both my parents. This wasn’t to be the only one I … Read more
Around the age of seven, in 1986, I went through a patch of stealing. Mum and dad were deeply honest people and naturally found my habit disgusting. I remember that … Read more
I have only given one punishment spanking in my life – because that isolated incident made me realise I was into giving spankings, and it never felt right to do … Read more
I was born in 1994, and so corporal punishment in schools was long gone by the time I started at primary. I went to a church of England school in … Read more
My name is Aahan, I am a 42-year-old Indian-English man. I live in Birmingham now, having spent my childhood split between Mumbai, London and Portsmouth. My parents are both Indian … Read more
I can trace my interest in spanking back to an encounter in the changing room at my school’s swimming baths back in the late 1970s. Before that, I had no … Read more
I previously wrote about how I almost got spanked in kindergarten for something I didn’t do. I was a really well-behaved child and didn’t have another run in with official … Read more
My great grandmother used to watch me one afternoon a week at her house after my half-day of kindergarten was over – this was in the early 1970s. I used … Read more
It was 1991, and I was by now in secondary school. There was no corporal punishment used there, and even most of my mates were getting nothing beyond the odd … Read more
Thank you for your website and all you do to preserve spanking history – I am a long-term reader and thought it was about time I contributed myself. Mum and … Read more
I first knew I had a ‘thing’ about spanking at quite an early age – nine, to be exact – when I had an encounter in the surgery of our … Read more
I have an older brother and a younger sister, and of the three of us, I got spanked the most by quite a considerable margin. On the ‘sore bottoms table’ … Read more
I was never very good at school work. Fortunately for me, the school I attended had stopped using corporal punishment before I began attending it (some time ahead of it … Read more
In more recent years, you would be tempted to think that the practice of spanking Britain’s naughty children has more or less died a death, thanks to a combination of … Read more
The first teacher I had a crush on was Mrs Patterson, who took me in third grade. I wasn’t the only one who thought her pretty. My father was the … Read more
One aspect of spankings few people mention when discussing childhood discipline is the element of panic. It swallowed me as soon as I knew I was getting a spanking. I’d … Read more
Let me take you back to a cold winter morning in 1987. I was eight years old, and I was quite a naughty boy – running off, rarely listening to … Read more
I am not a fetishist – I’m not ‘kinky’ and not naturally aroused by spanking. My husband, however, is – something I didn’t get to know about until the first … Read more
My girls went to a private school in Utah during the 1990s. The school catered for children from kindergarten through to 12th grade, and was a weird mix of mega-liberal … Read more
By the time my son Ben reached his third birthday, he was becoming a bit of a handful, to say the least. My wife and I had resisted the idea … Read more
I grew up in the 1970s and early 1980s, when corporal punishment was a normal part of kids’ lives. When I was little, my stepmother had no problem planting a … Read more
I was born in 1970 and grew up in Bolton, in the north west of the UK. We were a family of four – myself, Mum and Dad, and my … Read more
I’ve been reading Maman for years, and was happily surprised to see your post about troubled teen schools. I didn’t go to one but my family went thru family therapy … Read more
When I left school, I started work in a small office. The staff consisted of the owner and four other ladies. I have changed all names to protect their privacy. … Read more
I don’t think I’ve seen any stories on your site involving the ‘troubled teen’ industry. This surprised me, because the TTI is pretty notorious for using physical punishment – 99.9% … Read more
In some ways, you could say that it was pretty inevitable that a dyed-in-the-wool spanko such as myself would end up being educated at a socially extreme school. I was … Read more
It’s strange how often the most modest of presents you receive as a kid for birthdays or Christmas turn out to be the ones you played with most and remember … Read more
I had been saving my pocket money forever, and finally the big day arrived – I had enough money for a new football. It had a black and white hexagons … Read more
I only got one spanking as a kid that I really remember, and that was when I was seven years old. This was back in 1988 – my mom and … Read more
I’m a long-time reader, first-time writer! Thank you very much for the website you run. My parents were both smacked as children, and they in turn smacked me and my … Read more
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