Like daughter, like mum
I was raised in a strict, loving and male-dominated family. My father was most definitely the head of our household and c… more
Fathers
The missing report
My sister Rebeca and I were raised in a strict, traditional home. Our parents spanked us for a wide range of misbehaviour… more
Dad’s Sunday ritual
I grew up in a loving but strict household. As a child, whenever I misbehaved, I would receive a bare bottom spanking from … more
A loving upbringing
I grew up in one of the countries of Eastern Europe in the 80s and early 90s. Spanking had already declined here a bit, comp… more
Recipe for two sore bottoms
When I was growing up, my dad’s sister Beth and her daughter Ruth lived next door to us. Aunt Beth was a widow – her husband h… more
A singular magazine, part I
Maman special feature
As a special thank-you to all our visitors, we’re now making the first part of this fascina… more
Head of the household
I wonder how many of your readers are, like myself, in a domestic discipline relationship? I can vividly remember the da… more
Fun at bedtime
I was born in the mid 80s, the eldest of four kids, and we were all raised with a lot of love, cuddles and a good balanced mix o… more
Summers of spankings
I have such fond memories of summers back in my childhood and youth – the 60s and 70s were wonderful times! Swimming both … more
A punishment in itself
For me, as a child, in many ways the worst part of corporal punishment was not the spanking itself – it was the waiting, par… more
The wages of sin
I’ve already told you about the first time my father put me over his knee for the slipper, when I was six years old. T… more
A spanking on the beach
We were having a family day out at a beach on the UK’s Yorkshire coast – it was 1971 and I was 11 years old.
I had been re… more
A chance encounter
As a young woman, I worked in newspaper advertising for a publication based in the English county of Lincolnshire – the f… more
Becoming a spanking dad
Twenty-five years ago, I made a decision that shocked my parents, relatives and friends. It was a decision that has had l… more
Emily’s curiosity
I’ve read dozens of the stories posted here, and although regrettable I think it’s fair to say that at leas… more
A line-up for paddling
I was born in the 70s and raised in the 80s – a time in the American midwest when corporal punishment was still common in sch… more
A painful end to a fight
I recently related how I gave my daughter Clara her first proper spanking, and this time I would like to tell you about the … more
Spanked to spanker
I have already shared a story about how my mother spanked me when I was a little boy. Although it hurt, in retrospect it did … more
The breadboard of education
When I was growing up, spankings were used by my parents as the primary method of discipline. Most of the time, my mother … more
Sharing the suffering
Looking back on my childhood in the Netherlands, few events have made such an impression on me as the first time I was span… more
A sharp end to misbehaviour
My brother, who is just a year older than me, recently reminded me of the day we both received a sound spanking from our mum… more
Bringing children to book
As I write, I have in front of me the parenting handbook that my parents’ church gave out in 1987. I won’t sca… more
The benefits of spanking
When I was growing up, it was almost always my dad who was the one to spank us when we misbehaved. He would take down our pant… more
The first of many
It was 1951, and I was six years old. My mother would often take me on the bus to the cinema in the next town, and I had asked pe… more
A Utah childhood
I grew up in Utah during the 1980s and boy, did I get spanked! Not just a quick smack on the butt once or twice, not just a slap … more
School’s spanking advice
I grew up in the Bible Belt, and almost every child got spanked. There was great variety in how these spankings wer… more
A winning formula
Every spanking I ever received, between the ages of three and 11, followed the same formula, and I thought your readers w… more
Crime and punishment
The worst spanking I ever got was because of Crimewatch – for those outside the UK, this was a long-running British telev… more
Caned at seven
I grew up in the very late 1950s – yes, I am that old! At the time of this story, we were still living in London. Later, when I w… more
An unexpected connection
My most interesting spanking story is so absurd as to sound unbelievable: trust me when I say it is true! I have the permis… more
Bringing back the memories
I enjoy reading your site – it brings back many memories. Like many of your contributors, I did get spanked as a boy but pro… more
Reports day
Nowadays, the arrival of school report cards is much less of an occasion than in the past. I know from experience with my o… more
Four generations
My father James was raised in a Christian orphanage in the 1930s and 1940s. He was evacuated during the Second World War a… more
Brought up right
Growing up in Missouri, I got spanked pretty much every day – but then, so did all the other children around me.
Mostly, th… more
Life with the Turners
My name is Ben. I was born in 1971 and spent a lot of my childhood in the foster care system until I was finally adopte… more