Red Bottom Club

When I was eight years old, my parents were suddenly called away urgently to attend my maternal grandfather, who was ver… more

The first child I ever spanked was a seven-year-old boy I babysat. David was a lovely kid and Carole, his single mother, r… more

Cindy is a divorced mother of two boys, aged 11 and 13 at the time of interview. She lives in Newcastle, Australia.

What do … more

Lena lives in the Polish city of Poznan with her husband and children. It’s a large, traditional Catholic family … more

My parents split up when I was eight and my sister Clare was 14. I understand that the family was already in a bad way financ… more

‘H’ concludes her recollection of childhood punishments from her mother by telling us about the first ti… more

In the second part of her reminiscences of childhood, ‘H’ recalls how her mother bought a cane for her bott… more

Kids walking in on their parents’ lovemaking seems a fairly common occurrence. In this account, Dieter recalls … more

Pete was mystified when he was taken for his first tawsing at school, not realising that the mysterious strip of brown le… more

My father was a retained fireman. For those of you from outside the UK, this is a firefighter who actually has another job … more

When I was eight years old, my friend Nick asked whether I wanted to come to his house for a sleepover. We didn’t cal… more

Nowadays, our approach to toilet training our children is far more progressive and enlightened, and there’s ab… more

On your Twitter feed, you recently asked the question whether any of your followers had experienced the French special… more

When I was a little boy, I experienced quite a few difficulties with my breathing and had several quite bad bouts of bronc… more

In the first of three reminiscences about spankings during her childhood, H recalls getting both a smacked bottom and a … more

I’ll admit it – I wet the bed when I was a little boy. And actually, not so little. But like most children, I had probl… more

When I was seven years old, I got a memorable spanking from Carol, a friend of my mother. She was 25 and beautiful. Carol ha… more

I’ve always been close to my older sister Julie. There is barely a year between us and as we grew up, we did pretty mu… more

I was interested to read the account from Barry about being spanked for walking in on his parents having sex. On your Twit… more

This is the third and final part of a posting to the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.spanking in the late 90s from an anonymous c… more

This is the second part of a posting to the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.spanking in the late 90s from an anonymous correspo… more

Michael and I were best friends throughout secondary school in Northern Ireland, but the incident I’m relating … more

The first ‘real’ corporal punishment that I ever received – and the first time that I had to wear nappies si… more

I was raised in the UK county of Norfolk during the 1980s. Around the age of 10, I became friends with an American boy calle… more

Betty lives in Arizona and at the time of the interview, her two daughters were aged nine and ten, and she also had a ten-ye… more

I guess quite a few kids have walked in on their parents having sex. I was unlucky enough to be spanked for it, however.

I wa… more

I appreciate that many of your correspondents consider they had strict parents growing up – but try having a high court j… more

Beryl is a 68-year-old retired nanny living in the Lancashire region of the UK. Aside from the many children of other fam… more

I had a very brief stint as a smoker – it started when I was 13 and ended around a week later. I went to a mixed grammar school i… more

I have always been drawn to maternal authority figures. As a child, I always delighted in being obedient for my mother an… more

When I was a boy, during the 1960s, my favourite sweets were Rowntrees Fruit Gums. They came in two types – the small, pill… more

I was raised with the Canadian school strap across my bottom. My mom had been a teacher before starting her family and bro… more

I was ten years old, and beginning to get curious about girls. I mention this in advance as a bit of a defence, as thereR… more

Back in the 1950s, we used to catch the bus to and from school. On this particular day I’m recalling, there were dec… more

I’m always fascinated by the detailed accounts on your website, because I think in truth many of us who grew up wit… more

You have a lot of stories on your website which are told from the child’s perspective [to be absolutely accurate, … more