Mothers

I made the possible mistake of announcing my blog somewhere on the web. I should have been ready for the kickback, of course, but being labelled as ‘not the most … Read more

I’ve noticed recently on this site there have been a few stories where youngsters have been spanked for wetting themselves. Under nearly all circumstances, I am personally opposed to doing … Read more

In the days when I was brave enough to have a Twitter account, I was very concerned to see a link posted to my feed which claimed: ‘Spanking causes brain … Read more

This is the story of how I earned my last spanking – or, to be precise, spankings. The trouble began when my friend Penny and I went to the mall … Read more

I was 13 when I got my last spanking. My 10-year-old sister and I were talking after lights out when we were supposed to be asleep. After a couple of … Read more

You might reasonably think that using the words ‘kindness’ and ‘spanking’ in the same sentence is something of a non-sequitur. But this unlikely couple do, in fact, belong together. First, … Read more

Of all the half-baked arguments promoted by the anti-spanking brigade, the sophistry of false equivalence is by far one of the most common. Basically, their reasoning goes something like this: … Read more

Kids each have their own personality. That seems obvious, but sometimes it’ll shock you. You raise them basically the same way. Same rules, same consequences, same attention, read them a … Read more

Spanking children is a subject which provokes strong emotions. Some oppose it under any circumstance. Others – equally erroneously in my opinion – believe that it’s the only tool in … Read more

Unless you’re a complete ogre, you’re going to have decidedly mixed feelings about spanking your child. On the one hand, you’ve made a (hopefully) calm and conscious decision that they … Read more

When my first born, Rebecca, was 12, she got in trouble one day. She had misbehaved at school, and she knew her backside was in deep trouble. I got home … Read more

Every mum knows that tiredness and young children is an unhappy mix. My cousin is a primary school teacher and she attributes at least 50% of today’s classroom discipline problems … Read more

When I was about seven or eight, I went on a trip to France with my mother. One of the things we were due to do on the trip was … Read more

If spanking has fallen down the rat hole of social unacceptability, it’s true to say that the entire concept of punishment is in danger of going the same way. Much … Read more

Sandra lives in Dallas, Texas and works as a surgery assistant at a local hospital. At the time of interview, her son was aged 10 and her daughter 13. Why … Read more

Elizabeth lives in the rural northern midwest of the United States. She has four children, three girls and a boy. At the time of the interview all but the two … Read more

Back in the early 1990s, when the web was in its infancy, one of the main vehicles for user interaction was a set of discussion boards known as Usenet, which … Read more

I remember very clearly the first time I spanked my daughter. By the time she had just turned four years old, one of her favourite things to do was colouring. … Read more

I want to talk about the biggest falsehood that’s been sold to parents since the beginning of ‘progressive’ thinking about raising children. Namely, that it’s OK to spank in anger … Read more

It was in 1949 that Dr Benjamin Spock published the first edition of Baby and Child Care – the book widely accepted as a watershed in the way we bring … Read more

OK, so here comes a difficult one. I know that many parents who are happy to endorse the occasional moderate spanking have trouble with the idea of taking down their … Read more

I love your website! I’m 35 years old and have one daughter, who has just turned nine. Even though corporal punishment is not that common in our part of the world, … Read more

This is one of the many memories I have of growing up in a normal Catholic family in Ireland in the early 1990s. Neither my own bum, nor that of … Read more

As a parent (and, perhaps, particularly as a mother), you become surprisingly and quickly inured to the least glamourous aspects of bringing up children – dribble, snot, wee and poo. … Read more

Lauren may already be familiar to some of Maman’s readers thanks to her reminiscences about spankings she received both at home and at school. Now, she shares some observations from … Read more

One of my most vivid memories of being spanked happened a few weeks after I turned seven. It was a warm, late summer day and my mother and I were … Read more

Some time ago, a young UK mother-of two named Louise published a series of comment pieces about family discipline in a blog entitled The Spanking Mum. For various reasons, Louise … Read more

Mary is a mother of three children. At the time of this interview, her son was 12 and her two daughters 14 and 15 respectively. Can we start with you … Read more

Betty is a mother of three from Arizona. At the time of interview, her two daughters were aged nine and ten, and she also had a 10-year-old stepdaughter. Are your … Read more

I grew up in Texas during the 1960s, and my parents were traditional Southern Baptists.  Life for me and my brothers and sisters revolved around church, chores and family.  Our … Read more

Imogen is a 60-year-old English grandmother. She has just the one son, Michael, who was no stranger to a sore bottom during his formative years. Tell us about your own … Read more

The most embarrassing punishment I ever received happened when I was 11 years old. At the time. my mother, nine-year-old brother and I were taking swimming lessons at our local … Read more