Red Bottom Club

In this extract from Nancy Friday’s groundbreaking sex study My Secret Garden, one of her correspondents revea… more

I attended an English primary school in the early 1970s. In some ways, it was very progressive but unlike similar school… more

Beverley lives in the north of England with her husband Graham and daughter Emily, who at the time of this interview was f… more

When his father is called away unexpectedly just before he smacks his bottom, Matt begins to think he might have got away … more

Jade is a mother of two young children living in Manchester, UK. At the time of the interview, Siobhan was four years old a… more

Denise and Julie, who were both spanked by their mother growing up, revisit the act of corporal punishment after readin… more

Diana and I had been best friends since we were about 11 or 12 years old – we met as our parents went to the same church. By the … more

Paddling, back in my school days, was a very common punishment – and it wasn’t always strictly recorded, either. … more

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