Mothers

My younger brother and I were brought up in a small village in England back in the 1970s. Our parents were very old-fashioned in outlook and were also extremely strict … Read more

My brother Steve was 11 and I was nine when we got our first spankings in our grandparents’ bedroom, at their small, pink cinder-block-on-stucco house in Tarpon Springs, Florida. This … Read more

I was spanked quite often in front of company – ‘misbehave in front of company and you’ll get spanked in front of company’ was the general rule in our house … Read more

I don’t know how my parents put up with me when I was a child – I was a real little brat. In fact, sometimes they didn’t put up with … Read more

I can’t believe I’m actually telling someone this story! Although this happened a good 40 years ago, I can still remember it as being one of the more pleasurable times … Read more

Your correspondent Mike reminded me of my mother’s use of language when it came to matters of discipline. I was also born and brought up in Britain, though in my … Read more

Looking back at my childhood, I sometimes wonder how I was ever able to sit down. I guess it’s because my mother had the patience of Job. If she hadn’t, … Read more

My sad tale began when I decided to take my two-stroke motorcycle for a spin around the block. I had been told before not to ride my motorcycle on the … Read more

Back in the mid 1950s, I was a schoolboy living with my parents and a sister and brother in suburban Philadelphia. At the time of this story, I was 10 … Read more

I was the youngest of five children who grew up in a loving but strict Catholic household in Ireland. Like most Catholics, my parents were firm believers in the value … Read more

This is from my childhood in Scandinavia in the late 60s/early 70s, and is my recollection of my first bare bottom spanking. My mother would often threaten me with spankings … Read more

You may recall the spanking I told you about back in my previous story. I was caught playing on the railway line and Mum gave me two ‘train lines’ with … Read more

I am the son of a mother who believed whole heartedly in smacking naughty children’s bottoms. Although painful, I am glad that she punished me in this way as it … Read more

Until recently, I had pretty much concluded that traditional parenting methods had gone the way of the dinosaur, as today’s parents seem increasingly prone to abdicate their responsibilities to the … Read more

I think I must have been a fairly difficult child, because I can remember clearly the day when I said something that irritated my mother. She disappeared for a moment … Read more

I grew up in the 70s, in a surprisingly conservative and ‘Cleaver-like’ home for the times. There were five of us – all girls. My dad was in the military … Read more

One morning when I was eight, mom decided to take me and my younger sister shopping for a new dress. I was extremely excited because we didn’t shop very much … Read more

My parents were always respectful of me and my sisters, and expected the same in return. We had a good life and our parents loved us very much. The rules … Read more

Both of my parents, especially my Mum, were lovely and broadminded – but they also believed that a stern punishment should be handed out when necessary. They felt it was … Read more

I was no stranger to spankings as a kid. Whenever I misbehaved in any manner, I could expect a spanking from my mom. She would take me over her knees … Read more

I grew up in the early 50s when spankings were to be expected in the process of raising children. I lived with my mother and father and two older brothers, … Read more

As I was growing up, I received many spankings. The one I remember the most happened was when I was six years old. I had a friend over to stay … Read more

When I was little, my parents were very, very big on spankings. My dad would usually take me to his room and give me a good whipping with the belt. … Read more

Many years ago, when I was nine years old, I stole a yo-yo from a variety store – then lied to my mother about it. She gave me the mother … Read more

When I was growing up in the 50s, spankings were common and my siblings and I knew that if we disobeyed, we were spanked. I remember one spanking very well. … Read more

I was often spanked as a young boy, but one of the worst punishments I can remember was the day I had some friends over to play. That was a … Read more

My mother was one who believed in physical punishments. In our house, this gradually became the standard remedy for any sort of misbehaviour or disobedience. Although I don’t recall more … Read more

In the late 1940s it was common practice to punish children with spanking – yet by the age of nine I never had gotten one. My friends spent many a … Read more

When I was growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, spanking had somewhat gone out of vogue. Many parents, including mine, believed that more permissive methods were the … Read more

Our mum had a hard hand, and was a firm believer in using it on her children’s bare bottoms when she felt they had deserved it. She had been a … Read more

Back in the 1960s, spanking was much more common. My most memorable was when my younger brother and I had misbehaved. Mum called us inside, moved a dining room chair … Read more

I am now 36, and grew up in the south of England in the 60s. This is the only incident of corporal punishment I can now recall. I was about … Read more