Red Bottom Club

DISRESPECT. Disrespect not unfrequently results in sauciness, contradictions, flippant remarks, answers with no c… more

OBEDIENCE! Why is it that mother or governess finds it necessary repeatedly to remind a child of his misconduct ? Why so m… more

In Canada, children were accustomed to receive the school strap across their hands for misbehaviour. But as this anony… more

The time when mild hand spankings over mummy’s knee come to an end and are replaced by something altogether more f… more

DISOBEDIENCE. Of course many different acts of misbehaviour come from disobedience. The reader will notice that I pla… more

Editor’s note: Chapter XIV is by far the longest chapter of Mariam Fredrick’s book on child discipline, I … more

I was raised in Lancashire, England, during the 1970s and at that time, my mum would often look after the little girl next … more

The usual mother-in-law jokes aside, I have a great relationship with Matthew, who is married to my eldest daughter Jen… more

I was brought up in a very middle-class family in Surrey, England in the 1960s and my parents were, to put it mildly, very c… more

From the emails we receive, we know that many men are aroused when they overhear mothers discussing matters of family di… more

Impressionable and imaginative children often get up to the same mischief they read about in comics or see on televisio… more

In an era of school corporal punishment when most schoolgirls got the cane on the hand, Vanessa was one of the minority wh… more

I was brought up in Singapore and as you may know, even today the cane is a popular deterrent with parents there in shaping … more

I was over visiting my friend Carol when this happened. Carol and I are old school pals and she has two kids – at the time of t… more

I think nearly all your stories on Maman have either mum or dad dispensing discipline to their naughty child, but in my ow… more

An audio version of the first of Lina’s two-part recollections of spanking both as the child receiving it, and th… more

For those of us interested in spanking, seeing someone else receiving it was extremely memorable – but so was walking in … more

Toilet accidents – and perhaps a spanking when they happen – are something we tend to associate with younger children. B… more

In this insight into her privileged upbringing in the New England of the 1930s, Gigi recalls how carelessness cost her s… more

The spanking games we play as children, and our experiences of parental discipline, can often have a major influence on … more

The following is derived from an informal conversation I had with Marjorie back in the late 1980s. By that time, this mot… more

My father was an officer in the Royal Navy, and as such he was away a great deal, half way around the world. This left the dis… more

Looking back, I probably started spanking my daughter quite late. It would have been better if she had had her first trip … more

Martin is married to Louise and the couple live in West Sussex. At the time of the following interview, they had two boys – … more

We get a glimpse of life in colonial life in Africa as a young boy is thoroughly smacked in front of the servants – and ends u… more

One of our most popular stories comes to audio, as a boy playing at his friends’ house comes face to face with famil… more

PROPER METHOD—THE MANNER

The greatest care and attention to even every least detail should be the attitude of the mothe… more

PROPER METHOD – THE PLACE

How many people, I wonder, ever give thought to the question, “Is there anything of importance … more

The Housemother, sometimes known as the Matron, has played a prominent role in looking after British boarding school c… more

Donna’s intention of picking a nice bouquet of flowers for her nana goes badly wrong, when she raids her grandad&… more

PROPER METHOD – THE TIME

‘True, there is a time for everything; circumstances, however, may dictate the time.’… more

One day, when I was around seven, I was round at my friend Tony Attwood’s house. We had been playing up in his bedroo… more

I attended a middle school in the early 1980s. Corporal punishment was dying out slowly but surely in most UK educationa… more

I was just six years old, and because my (single) mum had to have a minor operation, I was farmed out to stay with my nana and … more

PROPER METHOD

‘Plan your work, then work your plan.’… more

SYSTEMATIC CORRECTION

‘System is vital to success.’… more