Mothers

It was a beautiful Sunday morning in the middle of summer. The previous Saturday, all of the kids got together to build a fort in the woods adjacent to our … Read more

I was spanked throughout my young life by my mother. I grew up just at the time when most parents still spanked their kids, but more and more were leaning … Read more

This incident happened when I was about 10 years old and my brother Robbie was eight. We were close in age and always fighting and so forth, but this time … Read more

Although I’m almost 60 now, I can still clearly remember an evening in the Iowa wintertime when I was a 13-year-old boy. I had come down with a nasty chest … Read more

When I was a little girl, my mother took me to the doctors for my annual check-up. At the end of the check-up the doctor gave me some samples of … Read more

In the 1960s, I was re-united with my best friend from grade school. By that time, Susan and her husband had three sons. The eldest, John (aged 10 at the … Read more

I have some fond memories of being spanked during my childhood in the 80s. I was generally a good kid and got along with my parents but there were occasions … Read more

I grew up in the 60s and 70s and spanking was the way to discipline in our house. My stepmom was a firm believer that spanking was the only way … Read more

Up until the age of about 12, my mother would spank me over her knee with a slipper; hard enough to really make me howl. However, after that age my … Read more

I was brought up in tropical Queensland, Australia, far removed from most of the trappings of ‘civilisation’. As we lived on outback cattle stations, the five kids were educated by … Read more

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