Late with the rent
While I was at university in Heidelberg, Germany, I rented a room at a large house which was owned by a widow with two sons, … more
Others
Painting the woodshed
As I have mentioned in other stories, my own family and that of my friend Hannah were close friends. Hannah and I were almo… more
Giving my first two spankings
I’d like to tell you about the first two times I gave a spanking. The first time was when I was only 10 years old – it wa… more
The cookie thief
This happened one summer – I was around seven or eight years old and on vacation at my grandparents’ farm.
It was a r… more
Some early fireworks
I was eight years old – almost nine – and a family picnic for the Fourth of July. It was at my aunt and uncle’s home, w… more
Spanked during the sleepover
As I’ve mentioned in previous contributions, right up until I was around 10 years old I had problems with bedwett… more
Back To Common Sense – Chapter I (incomplete)
DISCIPLINE, THE RIGHTFUL HERITAGE OF THE CHILD
‘Rejoice Not in Ungodly Children’
We Americans are justly proud of what … more
Back To Common Sense: Note and Preface
The following text is an introductory note and preface to Beatrice Reinhart’s 1937 book Back To Common Sense, a c… more
Spanking by the book
Maman Special Report
Books offering advice on raising good, happy children have never exactly been in short supply – bu… more
Memories of the stick
I was fortunate growing up to have a large contingent of extended family living in the same neighbourhood. My mom’… more
Black bottomed girl
I met Omolade [name changed – Ed] at university – we were both studying history of art at Cambridge. She was Nigeri… more
Smacked bottom games
During the 1970s, when I was growing up, a smacked bottom was such a routine punishment for a naughty youngster that we ch… more
A spanking from my godmother
When I was 10 years old, my mom had been gone for about two years and my dad was just starting to date the woman who would beco… more
Double whooping at camp
The summer when I was 13 was a great one – I spent nearly every waking hour with my best friend Katie. We mostly hung out at my … more
Bottom smacker by Royal appointment
I was very interested to read your story Aunty Pat’s smackings, as I was subject to a very similar arrangement whe… more
My sister’s bare bottom
I was brought up in what was then West Germany during the 1970s. Both myself and my older sister were regularly spanked wh… more
Staying at Aunt Lindy’s
I was 12 when I was sent to spend part of the summer at my uncle and aunt’s house in rural Queensland, Australia. I wa… more
Correction That Corrects: Foreword
Correction That Corrects is a book on ‘child training’ authored by American Mariam Fredrick in 1925. It i… more
A strapping from Aunt Helen
Probably the worst strapping I ever received was when I was 13 and staying with my aunt, while I was visiting the neighbou… more
Turning the tables
I’ve already told you about my first time over my stepmom’s knee, and my last – but this is story of the first … more
Naughty at bedtime
Until I was around nine or 10 years old, I wet the bed at night and therefore wore pull-up diapers. Because of this p… more
First caning from grandmother
Growing up, I was mostly looked after by my grandmother, as my parents worked long hours and were often out of the city (or … more
Mad about the boy
Warning: This contribution is somewhat different from our usual content in its parameters, in that it references a spa… more
Just deserts
I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, and while spanking was, I think, still in common practice in my neighbourhood, it had alr… more
Walking into trouble
When we were nine – almost 10 – my friend Glyn and I were mad about dogs. I wanted one but my parents vetoed the idea. Glyn… more
Smackings for the boys
During the early 1990s, spanking (or smacking, as we generally call it in the UK) was in transition. It was not frowned up… more
An obsession for discipline
During my childhood, discipline was a common affair in most households. I always connected strongly with maternal dis… more
Threat becomes reality
One of the most severe spankings I ever got was actually from my brother’s then girlfriend, Helen. At the time I was 12 yea… more
A touch of starch
My husband is the second oldest of five. He has an older brother and three younger sisters. His family owns a building sup… more
A lapse in concentration
I have already written in more general terms about my young, beautiful tutor and how she used a ruler regularly during my … more
Orthodox discipline
I grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1970s. A few houses away from us lived my aunt, my mother’s … more
Wetting our pants
The following conversation was found somewhere on the web some years ago – a group of now young women discussing memorie… more
The Housemother
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, I attended a boarding school in the Midlands region of England, close to the Cheshire b… more
The purple Mongol pencil
When I was 10 years old, I was extremely fond of the old radio shows that came on late on Sunday afternoons – The Shadow, Inn… more
The hair-do
The youngest memory I have is a short one. I cannot tell you how old I was, but my mother said I was very little – a young three… more