Talking in class

I was in the third year at my primary school in the early 1950s, approaching my eighth birthday, long before the politically correct did away with cane, strap and tawse, … Read more

The belt and an enema

Mom was rather strict. She was a firm believer in ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’. Her chosen instrument of punishment was the belt – it was kept hanging … Read more

The belt from Mom

I was in my parents room one day when I noticed a large pile of loose change on my father’s dresser. Figuring that I would get away with it, I … Read more

Smackings and canings

Sheila Thompson (name changed) was headteacher at a large suburban primary school in the north of England from 1978 to 1985 – a year before corporal punishment was abolished in … Read more

PSNC

Growing up in the 60s, in my neighbourhood spankings were very common. One stands out in my mind very well, probably because it was the worst I had ever gotten. … Read more

Pearl of wisdom

Naked and bent over Aunt Pearl’s knee for a hairbrushing was not what I’d had in mind when I found the paint in the shed behind her house. Somehow, I … Read more

Howler

When I was 13 years old, my parents went on a second honeymoon. I don’t know what overcame them. I thought I was going to be home alone for an … Read more

Growing up right

The following are all posts from an internet forum set up to support a BBC project called ‘Scotland on Film’ in 2003. Here, several posters recount their memories of childhood … Read more

Kelly’s curfew

I was allowed to start dating at the age of 16, just like my sisters. I also had a midnight curfew, just like them. However, my first girlfriend, Kelly, had … Read more

Jumping on the bed

I clearly remember my very first spanking, at age seven, as if it were yesterday. I grew up in the 1960s, and my best friend Sharon Schaffer and her mom … Read more

A smoking behind

When I was 12 years old, my Aunt Staci (actually, she was my cousin) caught me smoking one of the cigarettes from her pack. I guess I was getting to … Read more

Katie

Katie was my friend throughout primary school. At the time, we used to say we were boyfriend and girlfriend (a childish type of relationship children usually have) and we would … Read more

Chad’s report

When I was born, my mother was only 16 years old and my father 17. Therefore, in order to give me all of the opportunities they possibly could, my parents … Read more

The fight

Back when I was in third grade, attending elementary school back in the early 70s, I received the most memorable spanking ever from my principal, Mrs Smith. She was a … Read more

Going too far

I attended a school in the Midlands of England, in the late 70s/early 80s when corporal punishment existed, but was being phased out gradually. Only the headmaster at the upper … Read more

Witness to the cane

One of the great joys of boyhood must be scrumping apples. There is just something so delightfully naughty about it, even though – certainly in my case – you nearly … Read more

Coming when called

I had just turned seven and was playing at the park with some friends. Our mothers were sitting on benches a few hundred yards away, where they could see us … Read more

Late again

Several summers ago. my siblings and I were at our subdivision pool, swimming. At the time, we were aged 10 to 14. Mom had told us to be home no … Read more

A double hiding

I was regularly spanked as a child, both by hand and with a tawse. I was also caned at school. I remember one time when I got a double hiding. … Read more

Shirley Temple’s first spanking

The following is an extract from Shirley Temple-Black’s out-of-print autobiography, Child Star. That afternoon, Mother had summoned me into the front hall, where I was confronted by a clot of … Read more

Spanked at the store

Growing up in the late 60s and early 70s, it was not at all uncommon to see bare bottom spankings administered to naughty boys and girls. In my neighbourhood, everyone’s … Read more

Spanking in public

I grew up at a time, and on a street, where corporal discipline was a given. Spanking was the accepted means of correction from toddlerhood to mid-teens. The attached ‘rowhouses’ … Read more

Spying on Miss Benny

This incident happened during the early 1960s, when I was around seven or eight years old. At our primary school we had a teacher called Miss Benny. She was a … Read more

Double dose

I grew up in the 50s, when corporal punishment was an accepted fact of life for English schoolchildren. We all tried to avoid it, of course. But nobody thought it … Read more

Mum’s methods

I wanted to share this account of a spanking that I had when I was about 11, I think. Regular spankings, or ‘smacked bottoms’, were given by my mother, usually … Read more

What are friends for?

When growing up in my small neighbourhood, I was good friends with the girl next door, Emily. We were both the youngest children in our family, and often were together … Read more

The trip

I was an only child and I grew up in the early 50s where spanking was pretty common – but my parents were not believers of spanking. I was a … Read more

Spoon fed

This happened quite a few years ago, probably 20. My mom and I lived with her sister and her kids after my mom was divorced, which left a house full … Read more

Two memories

As a child growing up in the 70s, I was spanked by my mother and my baby-sitters. I grew up in a small beach town. One day, when I was … Read more

Out of Africa

One evening in the early 60s, when I was about nine years old, I was watching TV in the den with my mom. I can only remember that it was … Read more

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