Memories of the stick

I was fortunate growing up to have a large contingent of extended family living in the same neighbourhood. My mom’s sister lived just a couple of blocks from us, in … Read more

Finally on the bare

When I was a boy, my mother kept a strap that she would use to chastise me once in awhile. She usually gave me between 15 and 25 licks when … Read more

The spelling test

I was never very good at spelling – and that lack of ability led to my first and only school paddling, back in the 1980s. I was in second grade … Read more

Do you want a smack bottom?

I grew up in Britain in the 1970s, and my mum thought nothing about taking down my trousers and pants (or those of my little brother) when she considered we … Read more

Black bottomed girl

I met Omolade [name changed – Ed] at university – we were both studying history of art at Cambridge. She was Nigerian and her mother was a quite prominent diplomat. … Read more

Mad about the boy (audio)

When boys discover girls and vice versa, their sexual attraction is often tied up with the intimacy of the corporal punishment they received. Lauren was one such, and she describes … Read more

The magazine (audio)

In the days before the internet, often our first exposure to pornography would be through the medium of a grubby magazine, discarded by its original purchaser. One such incident is … Read more

The fight about the car

When I was young, I got my bottom spanked by my mother pretty regularly. She kept a paddle for her children’s bare behinds and wasn’t afraid to use it. One … Read more

Learning to smack

I got my first babysitting job when I was just 14, and gave my first spanking about a month after I first started looking after the children. My charges were … Read more

Chatterbox chastised

I was a real chatterbox in school, particularly during my primary years, and my talking in class frequently got me into trouble with teachers. One day, when I was in … Read more

Asking for it

During the early 70s in London, I was part of a hard-core group of six children who gathered regularly on the edge of the park, though sometimes our numbers swelled … Read more

Smacked bottom games

During the 1970s, when I was growing up, a smacked bottom was such a routine punishment for a naughty youngster that we children regularly included corporal punishment in our games, … Read more

Too hot to handle

One morning, when I was 10 years old, I had a school test I hadn’t revised for. My lack of application to my school work had already been the source … Read more

Making bottoms smoke

I grew up in the 1960s in the English town of Walsall, in the West Midlands. Back then, Walsall was a hugely important centre for the saddlery industry, so it … Read more

Sweet – and bitter

One morning, as he came out of the shower, my son was startled to find me sitting cross-legged on the edge of his bed. He approached me nervously, realising by … Read more

Mothers say yes to spanking

An informal reader poll by the Madera Tribune in 1950 found, perhaps not surprisingly, that mothers were in favour of corporal punishment. The newspaper’s column The Inquiring Reporter posed the … Read more

Letter from a strict mother

We tend to think of the current stormy debate about spanking children as something new, but the truth is, the practice has always been a contentious issue, as can be … Read more

A heap of trouble (audio)

In this sweet account from her kindergarten days, Hannah recalls a smacked bottom she received from her teacher for disobeying a rule meant to keep the children safe.

Mothers Talking: Sheila

Sheila is a widowed English mother of three who by the time of this interview was also a grandmother. She talked frankly to Maman about her thoughts on child discipline. … Read more

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