Red Bottom Club

An anonymous contributor, who was generally very biddable and obedient as a boy, remembers the one time he exceeded his … more

Slipperings from her father kept Harriet in line during her childhood – although her dad’s use of bare bottom pun… more

Retired nanny Hannah recalls the approaches to family discipline in some of the many households where she worked – incl… more

My strongest memory of childhood spankings is one that I witnessed rather than suffered myself. My mom and dad had to go o… more

Lynne recalls a frank conversation she had as a mum with her young son about the necessity of the cane – and a memorable whi… more

An anonymous contributor recalls a memorable pre-bathtime smacked bare bottom for both himself and his sister, court… more

Among my schoolbooks, growing up in the early 80s, was what was referred to as a ‘rough book’. This was simp… more

I left it relatively late to begin spanking Stefan, my only child. Although both my elder sister Claudia and I had often h… more

I am by nature a non-confrontational sort of person and that sort of behaviour was reflected in my childhood too. I was a n… more

I’ve enjoyed reading many accounts of corporal punishment on your website, but I don’t think many of your … more

When I was a little girl, I was absolutely obsessed with The Little Mermaid. I’ve totally lost count of how many ti… more

When I was about eight years old, I went around to my friend Linda’s house to play one day during the school holiday… more

I knew from an early age that I liked other boys, and thought myself homosexual until well into my late teens, when I overc… more

I was 13, and I had discovered the joys of masturbation. And like many boys who experience this epiphany, I got rather add… more

My dad ran off with another woman when we, his children, were quite young. With no support, Mom had no choice but to work a c… more

When I was ten years old, my parents won a raffle for a short weekend break in Cornwall. Unfortunately, it was only for two … more

I hadn’t been married to my second wife for long when we went to stay with her grandmother for a few days. We lived in … more

My birth mother died in a car accident when I was just three years old, so for many years it was just me and my dad. Then, when … more

Growing up in Mexico during the 1980s, the most common discipline tool amongst mothers was undoubtedly la chancla – a fl… more

I’m somewhat old-fashioned in my ways, so when our only child Orlando was born, there was no question that he woul… more

When I was six years old, my primary school teacher was a Mrs Mason. She was a young, attractive lady with shoulder-lengt… more

I was born in Taiwan and my upbringing there during the 1980s was very typical for the times, particularly when it came to … more

I come from quite a privileged family, and as my parents were both busy professionals it was only natural that they would … more

My parents didn’t smack very often – my sister and I were raised in the 80s, when spanking was becoming rather unfa… more

I enjoy reading the memories posted on your website, especially those involving the cane, a punishment implement with … more

I was one of the first from our British primary school to go to a middle school, when the system changed in the late 1970s – p… more

The year was 1975, and I was six years old. I had been disruptive in class for most of the morning and Mrs Taylor, my teacher… more

When I was six or seven years old (I can’t remember exactly when), I ‘borrowed’ my mother’s c… more

My parents split up when I was very young – my mother ran off with a friend of my dad’s, and after about six months the… more

I was nine years old, and for the second time in about a month, I hadn’t done my homework. Even now as we sat down in cl… more

When I was 10 years old, I began attending a girls’ school in the west of Ireland which, like many at the time, was ru… more

Although I now live in London, I was actually born in Hong Kong and raised there during the 1980s. My parents, who are both … more

It was the autumn of 1972, and as you will see, I have no problem remembering or confirming the date.

That summer I had turn… more

My mother died very suddenly when my younger sister and I were quite young (I was six and my little sister Pamela was barel… more

Spankings began quite early for me – I have a vivid memory of being barely three and being taken upstairs by my father for a … more

When I was a little boy, we had a black maid called Ella, who was ‘the help’ around our house. Even back then (… more