Red Bottom Club

I think I got the odd slap from my mum when I was a toddler, but from primary school days onwards, I never felt her hand again… more

I’m an old decrepit guy now but I grew up in the Southern US during the early 1960s when raising children was quite a … more

When I was five years old, my mother had to go into hospital for a couple of days for some minor surgery. Rather than try to c… more

I was already nearly eight years old when my little brother arrived. That being the case, I got to know his body with some i… more

Back in the 1980s, I worked for a Finnish company as its UK manager. One year, the company was holding a big conference at i… more

I enjoy reading the stories on your site, but I do notice that very few of them mention the use of a switch for disciplining … more

When I was a little boy, my mother would often ‘park’ me at her own mum’s house. By the time of this sto… more

I was raised in quite a middle class English family during the 1960s and although we weren’t hugely well off, we di… more

I grew up in quite a strict family, and spankings were a regular part of discipline. Use of the parental hand began around … more

As a little boy, I was taken across the lap by my governess quite often and smacked on the bare bottom. I had ambivalent fee… more

As a mum, the most memorable spanking I ever gave one of my children is in many ways the one I’m still most ashamed of… more

My parents hardly ever used the services of a babysitter as I grew up. Generally, if they had to be somewhere I couldnR… more

About two years after I had married my wife Barbara, my work transferred me from my native Scotland to a new role in the sou… more

This is the story of the day I ran away from home. I did so trying to escape a sore bottom – but ended up not sitting comfortab… more

By the age of 12, my hormones were starting to have a big effect on my behaviour and my interest in girls was on the rise – lit… more

For my seventh birthday, among my presents from my parents was an Airfix model kit of a Spitfire, perhaps the most iconic … more

My dad had an unusual approach to discipline when it came to his two daughters. My big sister and I were never spanked, but … more

Another extract from Confessions and Experiences, the first memoir of the infamous Edith Cadivec, first published in … more

A few years back, I was waiting in a bank waiting for an interview with the manager. Also waiting was a young mother with tw… more

When I tell people I was brought up in Paris, many have a mistaken idea of a very romantic upbringing! Naturally, the trut… more

When I was about 10 or 11, I became best mates with a boy named Nick [all names changed – Ed]. We were a pair of happy-go-luck… more

As a confirmed smacking mum, one aspect of family discipline which always use to amuse me somewhat was the fact that if th… more

In another of our series of conversations with mothers about their child’s first ever spanking, we talk to Helen… more

I was brought up in a very ordinary middle class family in a Lancashire village during the 1970s. My dad had a good job as a s… more

A child’s first spanking is a memorable occasion not only for the recipient, but also the parent administering it. Some … more

By the time I was 13, I was becoming more and more aware of sexual matters – but one day, that natural curiosity landed me in … more

Although I now live and work in the UK, I was brought up in the Philippines by a very loving, but strict, mother. My father t… more

I went to a private girls school during the late 1950s/early 60s in the south of England. It was a very well thought-of est… more

My dad was sadly killed during the Second World War (he was aircrew), and my mother’s mental health never really r… more

When I was in my early 30s, myself and a friend opened our own nursery in New Zealand, looking after children from babies t… more

Both my parents were firm believers in corporal punishment, and I got my first spanking as a toddler from my mum. These pu… more

When I was growing up in the 1980s, our local church was a busy hive of both older folk and young families. Among the facili… more

One day, when I was about six years old, I went round to play at my friend Sabrina’s house. We were close as sisters a… more

As a mum raising two daughters during the 1980s, I was certainly no stranger to smacking bottoms when it was needed. I dem… more

By the time I was 14, I was living with my mom in a relatively poor suburb of Philadelphia. Our apartment block was fairly t… more

When I was growing up, in the 1980s, there lived on the edge of the village a character we knew as ‘Farmer Jenkins&#… more