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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
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
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
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
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
When I was nine years old, I received my first and last spanking from my grandmother. It’s a memory I’ll never forget. My brother and I had gone to visit … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
It was at the end of the summer in 1979 and I was six years old. During these times, I was living with my mom in a block in Brooklyn. … Read more
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
When I was 10, I got the worst spanking of my life. It all started when one day I went shopping with my aunt. We were in the apartment store, … Read more
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
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
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
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
My kids are all grown now. They turned out to be upstanding citizens in their community and I honestly believe that the fact I spanked them when they were children … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
I was raised in the Upper South in the 1940s and mom’s cousin Aunt Caroline lived next door. Aunt Caroline was also the principal of the elementary school. One early … Read more
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
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
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
This is a story about a spanking I had when I was around 14 years old. My parents decided to send me to my grandmother’s house for a week during … Read more
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
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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