Red Bottom Club

Consuela is a single mother living near the Spanish capital of Madrid. Although Spain has since banned the spanking of c… more

A former school secretary offers us a slice of British school life from the 1960s – and recalls the many occasions when sh… more

When Darren went to stay with a friend’s family for a few days, he witnessed two sore bottoms – and then faced an emb… more

When boys discover girls and vice versa, their sexual attraction is often tied up with the intimacy of the corporal puni… more

In the days before the internet, often our first exposure to pornography would be through the medium of a grubby magazin… more

PROPER FORM OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

By this time the reader knows that the form of corporal punishment advocated by me is … more

I got my first babysitting job when I was just 14, and gave my first spanking about a month after I first started looking af… more

Back in the days when spanking of even older children was common, for girls there was one time to be punished that was wors… more

Natalie remembers how she despaired at her young daughter’s bad behaviour – until she took the spanking spoon up… more

All of us who arrived on this planet only got there one way – your mom and dad fucking. For most of us, knowing your parents &… more

When William was seven, his parents decided to get a cane for him and his little brother. Here, he relates his experience… more

When I was 10 and my brother Brian seven, our mother was taken very poorly with glandular fever. If you’ve ever had … more

Leah is a mother of two girls living in Durban, South Africa. At the time of this interview, her daughters were aged nine a… more

EARLY PUNISHMENT

‘Better the child cry, than the old man.”… more

I grew up in the 1960s in the English town of Walsall, in the West Midlands. Back then, Walsall was a hugely important cent… more

Esther ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918-2002) better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice colu… more

An informal reader poll by the Madera Tribune in 1950 found, perhaps not surprisingly, that mothers were in favour of co… more

AUTHOR’S CONVICTION

“Wouldst thou advise in all sincerity? Then, first, convince thyself.”… more

There comes a time when a mum realises her young child is ready for their first smacked bottom. Elsie recalls this moment … more

In this sweet account from her kindergarten days, Hannah recalls a smacked bottom she received from her teacher for dis… more

Sheila is a widowed English mother of three who by the time of this interview was also a grandmother. She talked frankly t… more

When I was growing up in South Africa, during the 1960s, the cane was in widespread use for corporal punishment. Not only … more

WHY CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS CONDEMNED

‘What is there that has not been abused by the malic or unworthiness of man?’… more

Back in the early 1960s, I worked in an English primary school as its secretary. The headmistress, Miss Brown [name chan… more

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

“Often, foods and poisons are classed under one heading.”… more

The last smacking of my childhood was also by far the most memorable – and it all started behind the village cricket pavil… more

PUNISHMENT

“Not kindness but its counterfeit, habitually permits misconduct to go unpunished.”… more

One of my granny’s neighbours, the McKinnon family, were widely rumoured to be frequent smackers. On our regula… more

THE CAUSE

“All grief is traceable, directly or indirectly, to neglect of duty.”… more

My paternal grandmother was a formidable woman who had worked through the Second World War as a nurse. After the war, she … more

THE TRUTH

“The truth may hurt, but ignoring the truth may work permanent injury.”… more

When I was around six years old, I discovered that I had an amazing power: the power to get my little sister into big troubl… more

My mother seemed to have two types of smackings – unexpected and erratic, or else drawn out and methodical.

With the firs… more

Having told you about one of my own worst smackings, I thought I would share the story of one of the sorest bums ever … more

In this audio file, 1920s childcare book author Mariam Fredrick discusses the exact procedure she recommends for the s… more

In this audio version of a popular story, Robert recalls staying with his Aunt Julia, witnessing her administering cor… more