Introduction to the birch
I grew up in the 60s on the south coast of Norway, a part of the country which is sometimes called the Bible Belt. My mother was in charge of … Read more
Warmbotty
The medicine
Growing up in rural Carolina in the 1970s meant a taste of ‘paddle medicine’ from the teacher for misbehaviour. Somehow my friend Chad and I had survived six years without … Read more
Old Lady Kellar
My most memorable spanking was when I was 13. I lived alone with my mother and she would never dare to do it to me. One afternoon, some girls and … Read more
Punished by my sister
My sister and I are now in our early 30s. We grew up during a time when corporal punishment was still an approved form of discipline. We have vague memories … Read more
Erica the babysitter
When I was about nine or 10, my parents left for a night and got us a babysitter named Erica. She seemed to think that anything I did was insulting … Read more
Being rude to mother
When I was about 12, I remember my brother had his friend round for the day. I always hated this because I was always one for attention-seeking. That day I … Read more
Roadside spanking
Did anyone else ever go on a road trip with their parents, and do something that made their mother or father so annoyed that they pulled the car off the … Read more
Mommy’s helper
I remember being at church one Sunday when I was five or six. My mother was a volunteer in one of the children’s activity rooms that day. While she was … Read more
At the supermarket
I grew up in the usual middle-class suburban family. I had two siblings. My father very rarely spanked us, and when he did you barely felt it. My mother, on … Read more
Water and hairbrush
My brother, who was two years older, and I got spanked once in a water-related escapade. We had come home from school and were going out to a church dinner … Read more
Susan’s belt
I grew up from grade school to high school with my good friend Marty. Marty was the class clown at school, but at home his mother Susan was a strict … Read more
Strapped for fighting
In September, I started grade one at Alexandra School. I had a big crush on my teacher, Miss Thompson, and I worked hard to be first in her class, but … Read more
The broken mirror
In the winter of 1975, I was a little girl of seven years old and my grandfather on my mom’s side had just passed away. Mother inherited an antique mirror … Read more
Up on the roof
My parents were the greatest. They treated my sisters and I with love and tenderness. We had a wonderful life and all have gone on to be success stories in … Read more
The coat room
When I was in second grade, I attended a school that allowed the students to be paddled. It was always done at the Principal’s office and never in public. I … Read more
The school nurse
Some 50 years ago, when I was in the second grade, about the middle of the morning I had a mild tummy ache. I went and told the teacher and … Read more
Sobering up
My family always believed in corporal punishment but the most memorable punishment I ever received occurred at my Aunt Mary’s house when I had just turned 16. Aunt Mary had … Read more
Skinned and slippered
In my junior school in the late 50s, corporal punishment was in use for various offences, by all the teachers, but the most feared punishment was to be sent to … Read more
The present
Unfortunately for me, my parents were not opposed to baring naughty bottoms, should the behaviour warrant it. They believed in smacking them until they were so sore that the culprit … Read more
Lying means a spanking
This happened when I was about 10 or11 years old. I had asked my mom if I could go out to play with my friend Thomas. She said ‘yes’ – … Read more
Spanking the twins
At the age of 17, in the early 60s, I was frequently earning money as a babysitter. There was one family which I doubt I will ever forget. There were … Read more
That did it
It happened in school. And it changed my life entirely. The teacher came into the class and she was furious. The exercise showed clearly that quite a few fellows hadn’t … Read more
Mom’s signature
Growing up in the 1960s, I was frequently over my mom’s lap getting the hairbrush on my bare bottom. When I was 12, I got in the habit of fooling … Read more
Cheats chastised
In the 1970s, I attended a boys grammar school in the south-east of England. We had all the traditions of such schools – uniform, homework, the use of surnames only … Read more
Cutting class
I was in 6th grade. The private school I went to in the late 50s believed in and practiced corporal punishment. It was what my parents signed up for. This … Read more
Four legs – one bottom
When I was at school in Wellington, New Zealand, in the 1960s, the great shame for us boys was having other people see our underpants. Girls, of course, were fair … Read more
Mum’s hard smackings
I was smacked quite regularly when a child. I can’t remember how old I was when I started getting spanked, but I don’t think the spankings lasted much beyond my second … Read more
How mum used to slipper
As a child of the 60s, it will come as no surprise to learn that my mother was a firm believer in smacking her children when they misbehaved. This account … Read more
Staying at Aunt Jenny’s
When I was about seven, my parents went on a trip to see my grandma in Glasgow (we lived in Leeds), so I was sent to my Aunt Jenny’s house … Read more
My cousin Danielle
My first interest in spanking started some 14 years ago now. I was 14 at the time, while my cousin Danielle was 15. My family is fairly large and we … Read more
Jane’s cane
It is now 50 years ago that I visited an aunt with my mother. On arrival, we were shown into the dining room and my aunt apologised for asking us … Read more
Sarah’s first time
Being raised in the 1970s, our mum was a big believer in ‘smacked bottoms’ (no-one I knew ever called them spankings) for naughty children. Or at least she was where … Read more
Stepsister
My most memorable and embarrassing spanking was when I was 11. My mom and step dad were going out to dinner at some fancy restaurant and I was left with … Read more
Potty training
My mom had to raise me on her own for the first few years of my life. Working two jobs was pretty rough on her and she hardly had time … Read more