Red Bottom Club

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 different matter to the way it … Read 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 cope with us himself, … Read 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 intimacy as mum bathed him, changed … Read 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 its headquarters just outside Helsinki and … Read 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 children. I have extensive experience … Read more

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

I was raised in quite a middle class English family during the 1960s and although we weren’t hugely well off, we did have the help of a ‘daily’ – a … Read more

I grew up in quite a strict family, and spankings were a regular part of discipline. Use of the parental hand began around at around two and a half, and … Read 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 feelings about such punishments. Obviously they … Read 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. However, it’s also one which … Read more

My parents hardly ever used the services of a babysitter as I grew up. Generally, if they had to be somewhere I couldn’t be, they would drop me off at … Read 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 south of England. We didn’t really … Read 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 comfortably for days … Read 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 – literally. Unfortunately, I … Read more

For my seventh birthday, among my presents from my parents was an Airfix model kit of a Spitfire, perhaps the most iconic of all the World War II planes. Dad … Read 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 nevertheless Dad found another way of … Read more

Another extract from Confessions and Experiences, the first memoir of the infamous Edith Cadivec, first published in 1930. Here, Cadivec describes how, as a child, she would deliberately get playmates … Read 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 two small twin sons. She was … Read more

When I tell people I was brought up in Paris, many have a mistaken idea of a very romantic upbringing! Naturally, the truth was very different. I grew up in … Read 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-lucky lads, with a … Read more

As a confirmed smacking mum, one aspect of family discipline which always use to amuse me somewhat was the fact that if the children had been spanked, only Mum knew … Read more

In another of our series of conversations with mothers about their child’s first ever spanking, we talk to Helen, a mother of one boy, who hails from the South East … Read 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 sales manager for a … Read more

A child’s first spanking is a memorable occasion not only for the recipient, but also the parent administering it. Some time ago, Maman spoke to three mothers about their experiences … Read 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 big, big trouble. My … Read 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 tragically died in a diving … Read 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 establishment and the teachers were demanding about … Read more

My dad was sadly killed during the Second World War (he was aircrew), and my mother’s mental health never really recovered. As a result, I was often sent to stay … Read more

When I was in my early 30s, myself and a friend opened our own nursery in New Zealand, looking after children from babies to pre-schoolers. It was a job I … Read more

Both my parents were firm believers in corporal punishment, and I got my first spanking as a toddler from my mum. These punishments continued through my very early years and … Read 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 facilities at the church was the … Read 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 and always around each other’s homes. … Read more

As a mum raising two daughters during the 1980s, I was certainly no stranger to smacking bottoms when it was needed. I demanded – and mostly got – high standards … Read 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 typical of the area – each … Read more

When I was growing up, in the 1980s, there lived on the edge of the village a character we knew as ‘Farmer Jenkins’, although actually he had a modest smallholding … Read more

As a mom, I came quite late to spanking. I raised my kids in a small Midwest town in the US during the late 90s, and attitudes to parenting were … Read more