The American way
In 1987, I was given the exciting news that our family was to travel to Colorado. As a 12-year-old boy I automatically tho… more
Mothers
The breadboard of education
When I was growing up, spankings were used by my parents as the primary method of discipline. Most of the time, my mother … more
A gesture of discipline
The most trouble any of our daughters got into at school was when our youngest, Andrea, was suspended for three days. And… more
The girls and the hairbrush
I was born in Columbia (but moved to Spain with my family when I was 14) – this story comes from 1977, when I was just eight ye… more
A sharp end to misbehaviour
My brother, who is just a year older than me, recently reminded me of the day we both received a sound spanking from our mum… more
Leg smackings from Mum
Although my mother was certainly not above smacking me when I was a naughty little girl, unlike most children I generall… more
Bringing children to book
As I write, I have in front of me the parenting handbook that my parents’ church gave out in 1987. I won’t sca… more
Spanking in five acts
Prologue
If anyone should ever ask me what my earliest memory is, I simply recall receiving a basic train set one Christm… more
The benefits of spanking
When I was growing up, it was almost always my dad who was the one to spank us when we misbehaved. He would take down our pant… more
Headspace: What did Mummy say?
Just imagine – you’re no longer an adult but once again a small child. You’re standing in front of your moth… more
A Utah childhood
I grew up in Utah during the 1980s and boy, did I get spanked! Not just a quick smack on the butt once or twice, not just a slap … more
School’s spanking advice
I grew up in the Bible Belt, and almost every child got spanked. There was great variety in how these spankings wer… more
Whacks and water
After reading about school punishments in some recent postings it is time for me to come out of the woodwork and report my … more
The box of magazines
I was born in Italy at the beginning of the 1980s. By that time spanking’s popularity had begun to wane with parents. Cert… more
A winning formula
Every spanking I ever received, between the ages of three and 11, followed the same formula, and I thought your readers w… more
Boot camp for girls
In the summer of 1978, at the age of 11, I spent what should have been my school holiday at a ‘boot camp’ for wayward girls. I… more
An unfulfilled desire
My childhood memories of spanking are not happy ones – but not because of corporal punishment, rather the lack of it. My p… more
Bringing back the memories
I enjoy reading your site – it brings back many memories. Like many of your contributors, I did get spanked as a boy but pro… more
Reports day
Nowadays, the arrival of school report cards is much less of an occasion than in the past. I know from experience with my o… more
Spanking in context
I don’t know how many of your readers will be familiar with the term ‘Third Culture Kids’ (or TCKs for short). Basically, … more
Four sore bottoms
I got spanked four times when I was a girl. What follows is an account of each of these punishments.
The first one happened … more
And mother makes two…
Like most of your readers, I am fascinated by spanking. My first proper girlfriend (we were 16 and 17 at the time, respect… more
A point of contention
Your story from Ben, entitled Life with the Turners, reminded me of my own childhood. I grew up in New Jersey, and my mom an… more
Jenny and her children
I am now quite an elderly gentleman. However, my thoughts often stray back to the late 1960s, when I was in my early 20s.&n… more
Four generations
My father James was raised in a Christian orphanage in the 1930s and 1940s. He was evacuated during the Second World War a… more
A double helping
Reading your recent story about the school secretary gave me a flashback to when I and my brother were paddled in the scho… more
The Canadian way
I am pleased to have found the courage to finally tell you my own story. In Canada, schools used the strap – but it wasnR… more
Brought up right
Growing up in Missouri, I got spanked pretty much every day – but then, so did all the other children around me.
Mostly, th… more
Life with the Turners
My name is Ben. I was born in 1971 and spent a lot of my childhood in the foster care system until I was finally adopte… more
The fascination of thrashings
I was born in 1956 in Staffordshire, the third of four children. My older sisters, Patricia and Jane, are eight and 11 yea… more
The Christmas party
This is the story of a wonderful party my parents threw one Christmas 20 years ago. I would have just turned 10 years old at … more
An inevitable submission
Growing up through the 1990s in the UK, I became a huge fan of all things wrestling. I am of course referring to modern WWE b… more
Paying for pleasure
I grew up with two brothers who were older than I was. At the time of this incident I would be 14 and my brothers 16 and 17 res… more
Making a ‘proper’ job of it
I grew up in a small, very conservative town in Cumbria, England in the 1980s, and most of the children living there got ve… more
Water, sand and fire
As I wrote in my first memory for Maman, my three sisters (one older, two younger) and I grew up in a loving household with f… more