Grace and favour

Approaching my second year at university, I was really stuck as to accommodation. A planned house share had fallen thro… more

A mother remembers

My name is Jennifer and I’m 42 years old. I have two grown-up daughters (20 and 22 at the time of writing) and two grown-up s… more

Picking a spanking

One episode clearly sticks in my mind when I was eight years old. I had gone into a neighbour’s garden and pulled up … more

On the bare bottom

In a previous contribution to Maman, questions were raised as to whether mothers spank their children on the bare botto… more

Indelible memory

I can remember, when I was about 10 or 11, having two or possibly three spankings in one week.

I think the first was at the we… more

Worse than a spanking

When I was growing up, there was one punishment worse than a spanking. It was reserved for the pet peeve of my mother – if sh… more

Losing track of time

I am a mother who raised children in the 1970s and firmly believed in the use of a spanking to set young minds straight. I th… more

On the beach

I have few memories of being five, but this particular day at the beach is recalled in part in vivid detail.

Being a city bo… more

Being rude to mother

When I was about 12, I remember my brother had his friend round for the day. I always hated this because I was always one for … more

Roadside spanking

Did anyone else ever go on a road trip with their parents, and do something that made their mother or father so annoyed tha… more

Mommy’s helper

I remember being at church one Sunday when I was five or six. My mother was a volunteer in one of the children’s acti… more

At the supermarket

I grew up in the usual middle-class suburban family. I had two siblings.

My father very rarely spanked us, and when he did … more

Water and hairbrush

My brother, who was two years older, and I got spanked once in a water-related escapade.

We had come home from school and w… more

Mr Smack

When I was five, my mother decided that I was now too old for being put in the corner. She decided that a good swatting with h… more

The broken mirror

In the winter of 1975, I was a little girl of seven years old and my grandfather on my mom’s side had just passed away… more

Up on the roof

My parents were the greatest. They treated my sisters and I with love and tenderness. We had a wonderful life and all have … more

The coat room

When I was in second grade, I attended a school that allowed the students to be paddled. It was always done at the Principa… more

The present

Unfortunately for me, my parents were not opposed to baring naughty bottoms, should the behaviour warrant it. They bel… more

Lying means a spanking

This happened when I was about 10 or11 years old. I had asked my mom if I could go out to play with my friend Thomas. She said &… more

Mom’s signature

Growing up in the 1960s, I was frequently over my mom’s lap getting the hairbrush on my bare bottom. When I was 12, I … more

Mum’s hard smackings

I was smacked quite regularly when a child. I can’t remember how old I was when I started getting spanked, but I don’t thin… more

How mum used to slipper

As a child of the 60s, it will come as no surprise to learn that my mother was a firm believer in smacking her children when t… more

My cousin Danielle

My first interest in spanking started some 14 years ago now. I was 14 at the time, while my cousin Danielle was 15. My famil… more

Jane’s cane

It is now 50 years ago that I visited an aunt with my mother. On arrival, we were shown into the dining room and my aunt apolo… more

Sarah’s first time

Being raised in the 1970s, our mum was a big believer in ‘smacked bottoms’ (no-one I knew ever called them s… more

Stepsister

My most memorable and embarrassing spanking was when I was 11. My mom and step dad were going out to dinner at some fancy re… more

Potty training

My mom had to raise me on her own for the first few years of my life. Working two jobs was pretty rough on her and she hardly ha… more

In hot water

My parents were decent people who believed in children being raised in the proper manner. We were well loved and they gav… more

Seeing Simon

When I was 13, I became friends with another boy in my village who was two years younger. As was not uncommon at the time, we … more

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