A difference in punishments

It might be stating the obvious, but to anyone raised with spankings during childhood, no two punishments were ever really alike. Spankings are experienced differently depending on the context – … Read more

Someone else’s mum

Geoff and I were friends right through school during the 60s and early 70s, and we had similar interests. On one occasion, my mum needed a week in hospital for … Read more

A mother’s journey

Growing up under the watchful eye of my mother, a schoolteacher with a firm belief in discipline, shaped me in ways I could never have imagined. Both my brother and … Read more

A journey of love and pain

When I lost my wife, leaving me alone with our three-year-old son Raju, the weight of single parenthood crushed me. Raising a toddler without his biological mother seemed an impossible … Read more

Insights into justice

For me, like so many others here, the stories posted bring back so many memories. My parents were caring and not abusive – but they spanked! My most memorable spanking … Read more

In praise of the cane

I am a 31-year-old, stay-at-home mom from a small town in the Indian state of Kerala. When I was young, corporal punishment at school and in the home were commonplace. … Read more

A gift from Grandma

This happened in the summer when I was about eight years old. My German grandma (my mom’s mother) lived with us for many years and this summer, she had just … Read more

The smell of punishment

My mom rarely spanked me and my big sister (three years older) but nevertheless we did get our share of sore behinds growing up. Mom would have to be pretty … Read more

A recipe for disaster

I have a tale to tell, according to my new partner at least! She introduced me to the Maman site after a conversation about spanking. I’ll set the scene as quickly … Read more

An overdue spanking

When I was growing up in the 1980s, corporal punishment was generally out of favour – but not in our house. If my sister and I acted up or broke … Read more

Driven to despair

I was no stranger to spankings growing up, but being punished together with my brothers was a rare event. However, it did occur and the most memorable spanking occurred when I was … Read more

Caught in the act

I wasn’t spanked much when I was a kid, and my sisters even less. I always deserved it when it happened. My mother was the disciplinarian in our house, and … Read more

A loving mother

My best friend when I was a child was a girl called Naomi, and when we were both nine years old, I was invited one evening to her house to … Read more

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