Red Bottom Club

It might sound a bit arrogant to say this, but I was generally a very well-behaved child. Of course, I could be naughty like any other little boy, but generally … Read more

Those of you who grew up in the UK during the 70s and 80s will almost certainly remember the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, along with its slogan: “Don’t be a … Read more

Kids today don’t know they’re born – I grew up in Ireland during the 1970s, when no mother had any trouble in smacking bottoms when their children misbehaved! At our … Read more

We had some very good family friends who we visited quite often at their home in Yorkshire – they had children of roughly the same age as my elder brother … Read more

When I was nine years old, I was sent to a preparatory school in the north west of England. It was impressed upon me by my parents just how much … Read more

When Louise was at teaching training college, the first bottom she ended up smacking was ironically not one of her pupils – but that of her younger brother Craig.

I am a child of the 60s, and so not surprisingly when I was a naughty little boy, my mother had little compunction about baring my bottom and putting me … Read more

In a very frank account, Susan recalls an experience in the woods with a boy younger than herself, whose spanking she had just overheard…

When Gary struggled to find accommodation during his college studies, he ended up in a family home with a very specific approach to discipline, as he recalls in this story.

Eric recalls how his wife ruled the roost not with a rod of iron, but a spoon of wood, resulting in many memorable spankings for their children.

Some random encounters in life are so shocking, and yet so memorable, that they become ingrained in our memories. This anonymous contributor recalls such an incident…

Contributor Clair vividly recalls the time she witnessed her little sister getting a bare bottom smacking from their mother…

By the time I was 12, my reputation as the family tomboy was pretty much established. I rarely played with other girls, never wore skirts (except reluctantly at school) and … Read more

I started using the cane on my son’s bottom when he was 10 years old. Up until about seven, I had merely given him a few smacks on his trouser … Read more

During the late 60s/early 70s, I worked as an early years classroom teacher in both kindergarten and first grade in schools in Alabama. The atmosphere in class was very different … Read more

When I went to college, I found it difficult to find somewhere to live that was both close to the campus and affordable, and I ended up renting a room … Read more

Alma is a mother of three and grandmother to four. She comes from a large and loving Jewish family with its roots in the city of Leeds, UK. As well … Read more

I don’t know why exactly, but until the age of six I was a stranger to corporal punishment. I think I may have had the odd smack off Mum or … Read more

I’ve always had something of a big mouth, and it has got me into trouble many times in my life, but never more memorably than when I got my bottom … Read more

Getting a bare bottom spanking from a woman who isn’t your mother was something to dread as a boy, and John recalls getting such a childish punishment not once but … Read more

Hello from Belgium. This happened when I was 14 and had a girlfriend of my own age, named Talya. I often went around to her house and because her parents … Read more

Dressing in clothes of the opposite sex is a common fetish amongst pubescent boys (and even older ones). Here, an anonymous contributor recalls immersing himself in this particular dream world, … Read more

Could it be that one of the most incredibly beautiful feelings our bodies have to offer is soon followed by one of the worst? This definitely was the case for … Read more

Sometimes, when we were children, we would think we had got away with serious misbehaviour – only for it to catch up with us rather painfully, and in a familiar … Read more

Lack of personal hygiene was once a common reason why mothers spanked their children. Our correspondent Gustavo recalls his own experiences of such matters.

Paul remembers having his bottom thoroughly smacked in Sunday school – with a somewhat memorable soundtrack!

When Jonathan’s mother decided to try returning to the world of work, she lighted on Mrs Miller as her child care solution – but it was one that only lasted … Read more

During the late 1980s I was working in the city of London and living on the outskirts, and so caught the bus into work each day. I was lucky enough … Read more

When young Simon decided to retrieve his own ball from the flat roof of his mother’s office, it ended up with six of the best from her cane…

John recalls a belting from his girlfriend’s father which left him with a very sore bottom, but strangely aroused too.

Sometimes, even good boys have a secret desire to be taken over someone’s knee and have their bare bottoms soundly smacked. This anonymous contributor was one such child…

A father who prefers to remain anonymous wrote in to us with his reminiscences of caning his three daughters while they were growing up.

Irish mother Kelly recalls how she changed the disciplinary regime in her home with the introduction of a traditional implement, the sally rod.

Having a headmaster for a dad was not the easiest of childhoods, particularly when you’re an only child on whom your parents are placing high expectations. I was brought up … Read more

Mum didn’t often smack either me or my younger sister Emily, but when she did, she made a ‘proper job’ of it. The one I remember most vividly was when … Read more

My parents were regular churchgoers, and during the main part of the service the children would go into a Sunday school, which was taught by a couple of lady members … Read more