Red Bottom Club

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

As a child of the 60s, it’s hardly surprising for me to tell you that I got my bottom smacked as a young boy quite regularly to make me behave … Read more

Guy remembers his mother’s very effective use of the slipper on her children’s bottoms while growing up.

Cheryl and her friend Sarah know full well that it’s forbidden to climb on the roof of their holiday cottage – and two sore bottoms are the result when they … Read more

When Kelsey is caught in a lie by her mom – and persists with the untruth – the result is a highly embarrassing discipline session with her father. On the … Read more

We present an audio version of one of our most popular stories, originally sent in as a letter to the sex magazine Forum. The writer describes his upbringing by a … Read more

Back in the late 70s, I was sent to a private boarding prep school for boys in the Midlands of the UK. The school itself was quite a small affair, … Read more

Growing up, I always had a much stronger attachment to my mother than my father. Dad was a salesman and on the road a great deal of the time, so … Read more