Fathers

My parents hardly ever used corporal punishment when I was growing up, but I do remember one memorable spanking I got fro… more

My middle son was naughtier than both of his brothers put together, and unfortunately this meant that he did regularly f… more

I am a UK-based father of three boys, and regularly smacked their bottoms when they were growing up. While I always had a g… more

My daughter Rachel was something of a brat growing up – she always seemed to have an attitude, never did as she was told, mi… more

I’ve just finished reading your wonderful story The naughty girls’ medicine, and I was struck how simila… more

I grew up in a working class family during the 1980s. Although corporal punishment was being increasingly discouraged … more

When I was a little girl, like many children, I didn’t care much for fresh fruit and vegetables, but there was one e… more

I was about 12 years old. Our family were regular churchgoers. Not only did we go every Sunday, but on and every Thursday n… more

It was the summer in the late 70s– I was 13 and playing rep soccer. One night, we had a practice at the same compound where my … more

My mum was a stickler for cleanliness, especially in matters of personal hygiene. If, while doing the laundry, she came … more

I didn’t see much of my father during my childhood before the age of 11, when I finally went to live with him. During … more

Although I got my bottom tanned by Mom growing up, Dad wasn’t above giving me corporal punishment himself. For th… more

I got my last spankings from my Dad when I was 14 years old, about four months before I turned 15. Me and my friend Anna were o… more

When I started at school, up till second grade mild forms of corporal punishment were still allowed. If you misbehaved e… more