Red Bottom Club

As a young boy growing up in the south, I had plenty of opportunities to witness other children undergoing corporal punishment, or at least being threatened with such punishment later, … Read more

When I was a kid, everyone who had any authority over us had the absolute right to spank us, from parents to teachers, and even babysitters. I found this out … Read more

Having read the many accounts of childhood punishments on your website, I wondered if you would be interested in one from what is, I suppose, the other side of the … Read more

I remember one summer I spent with my parents in their summer house, about 20 miles north of the city where we lived. As a matter of fact, I spent … Read more

Some kids will do anything to get out of a spanking! Here, Simon recalls how a childish prank at school ended in disaster for himself and a namesake.

Douglas remembers how a childish misunderstanding led to a very sore bottom and hands, and the appointment of a disciplinarian by his delighted mother.

During my childhood, most of us kids were well acquainted with a good smacked bottom and all of our friends got it – we knew they got it and they … Read more

When I was growing up, my parents firmly believed in the benefits of a spanking for naughty boys – and I got my share. Usually they were from Mom but … Read more

In the days when corporal punishment was still widespread, the last vestiges of childhood often dovetailed with the awakenings of puberty, with often heady results. This anonymous contributor recalls such … Read more

Some call it the ‘English Vice’; this mystique which surrounds an old-fashioned spanking. From my experience, I would say that there are many people out there who would secretly like … Read more

Many years ago now, when I was in my early 20s and living in the Australian city of Brisbane, I dated a woman who was ten years older than me. … Read more

When I was about 12, I used to visit a large family living nearby. There was one daughter about 17, two others Jean and Susan about my age, and Susan’s … Read more

When I was about 10 years old, my brother and I got a new babysitter – I think we were too much of handful for our old one. At that … Read more

In this audio version of a popular Maman memory, two girls recall how they met, and how a mutual fascination with spanking – nurtured in childhood – led them to … Read more

Asian parents are widely known for the exacting standards they expect of their children – and the sometimes harsh punishments they apply when the child fails to meet them. Cheng … Read more

My school was a boys only grammar school and there were only a few female teachers. When I was in the third year, at the age of about 14, a … Read more

Sniffing your mother’s worn knickers is undoubtedly a taboo subject, but is in fact probably fairly common for young boys experiencing the confusing phenomenon of puberty. An anonymous contributor recalls … Read more

I’m the only child of a fairly middle class English family, who grew up in the 1980s. My parents weren’t particularly strict but they did believe in smacking my bottom … Read more

My elder brother Andy and I were not often spanked as children, but that made it all the more memorable when our parents gave us a sore bottom. I remember … Read more

Not long after I married my wife Karen, I was sent to live in Sydney, Australia for a couple of years by my company as part of my career development. … Read more

“If I don’t get obedience when I gave an order, then it means the cane.” The following is a reader’s letter sent into the Irish Times newspaper in 1955 by … Read more

I grew up in Zambia in the 1990s, and corporal punishment was still widespread in both schools and at home. In our own home, that meant the belt from our … Read more

Like a lot of your correspondents, I believe I have what some have called the ‘spanking gene’, in that I have been fascinated by the act ever since I was … Read more

Edward remembers an apple scrumping expedition which resulted in him witnessing a very private event – and one he found extremely stimulating, too!

Many people who grew up in a certain age will remember getting a sore bottom for the terrible crime of drawing on the walls of their home. Caroline was a … Read more

Ruth, the mother of two now grown children, remembers purchasing a punishment cane from an ad in the back of a British newspaper – and the first time she put … Read more

Around 20 years ago now, my husband’s job took us to Oman in the United Arab Emirates, and we spent around five happy years there. Hubby worked in the oil … Read more

When I was in my third year of primary school in the UK (I’d be around seven), one of those crazes which captures kids’ imaginations from time to time came … Read more

An anonymous user wrote in to share his experience of going up to his mother’s bedroom, being ordered to drop his trousers and pants and bend over for a good … Read more

Many of us, it would seem, have witnessed family or friends receiving corporal punishment. However, the most memorable of these occasions appear to be when we shouldn’t have been watching … Read more

During the 1980s, Denise and her sister Tracy were subject to a regime of corporal punishment that, while dying out, was not entirely abandoned. Her experiences of a sore bottom … Read more

When I was 15 years old, my parents had to go away for a couple of weeks to visit my grandma, who was very ill at the time. As it … Read more

When I was 13, we got new neighbours. They had just one child, a boy five years younger than myself, but my main focus of the family was the mom, … Read more

Receiving your first spanking as a child is one thing, but administering such a punishment for the first time as a carer is another thing entirely, as Wendy found out … Read more

In the days when corporal punishment was far more common than it is now, quite a few parents allowed other adults to inflict a sore bottom on their offspring. One … Read more

When Helen and her friend June are caught smoking in school for the second time in less than a month, the remedy is the strap across their bottoms, followed by … Read more