A new coat (audio)

In this insight into her privileged upbringing in the New England of the 1930s, Gigi recalls how carelessness cost her some new clothes – and a very sore bottom from … Read more

Mothers Talking: Marjorie

The following is derived from an informal conversation I had with Marjorie back in the late 1980s. By that time, this mother-of-five, who lived in Derby, was also a grandmother … Read more

The flat battery

I was about 12 years old. Our family were regular churchgoers. Not only did we go every Sunday, but on and every Thursday night, I attended a Junior Club there. It … Read more

Bully brought to book

It was the summer in the late 70s– I was 13 and playing rep soccer. One night, we had a practice at the same compound where my older sister was … Read more

Pooing my pants

My mum was a stickler for cleanliness, especially in matters of personal hygiene. If, while doing the laundry, she came across a pair of my underpants which had skid marks … Read more

The belt from my father

Although I got my bottom tanned by Mom growing up, Dad wasn’t above giving me corporal punishment himself. For this job, he kept an old leather tool belt, which was … Read more

A week of spankings

I got my last spankings from my Dad when I was 14 years old, about four months before I turned 15. Me and my friend Anna were out shopping for … Read more

Spankings come home

When I started at school, up till second grade mild forms of corporal punishment were still allowed. If you misbehaved enough, you were sent to the principal if you were … Read more

Turn and turn about

My first recollection of a spanking is one I received when I was four years old, although I know from family conversations that I received corporal punishment before then. My … Read more

The Housemother (audio)

The Housemother, sometimes known as the Matron, has played a prominent role in looking after British boarding school children down the years – and her responsibilities have often included the … Read more

Three types of caning

When I was a little girl, the discipline I dreaded most was a beating with the cane. My mother used a rattan cane and it never failed to leave a … Read more

Spanking by the book

Maman Special Report Books offering advice on raising good, happy children have never exactly been in short supply – but two slim American volumes from the 1920s and 30s stand … Read more

Pee is for paddling

My mother was a sixth grade teacher from the time she graduated in the 1970s until she retired five or six years ago.  When she began her career, corporal punishment … Read more

Sent to be caned

I attended a middle school in the early 1980s. Corporal punishment was dying out slowly but surely in most UK educational establishments (and would be banned altogether in a few … Read more

A taste of the leather

I grew up in Arkansas during the 1990s, and my mother’s approach to discipline was extremely conservative. She considered that spanking the children was woman’s work and she did it … Read more

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