Red Bottom Club

THE CAUSE “All grief is traceable, directly or indirectly, to neglect of duty.”

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

THE TRUTH “The truth may hurt, but ignoring the truth may work permanent injury.”

When I was around six years old, I discovered that I had an amazing power: the power to get my little sister into big trouble!  Don’t get me wrong – … Read more

My mother seemed to have two types of smackings – unexpected and erratic, or else drawn out and methodical. With the first type, you would do something that angered her … Read 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 received by my sister Mary. While I … Read more

In this audio file, 1920s childcare book author Mariam Fredrick discusses the exact procedure she recommends for the spanking of young children.

In this audio version of a popular story, Robert recalls staying with his Aunt Julia, witnessing her administering corporal punishment to her young daughter – and the subsequent effect it … Read more

In this extract from Nancy Friday’s groundbreaking sex study My Secret Garden, one of her correspondents reveals how early sexual adventures with a boy led to her acquiring a taste … Read more

I attended an English primary school in the early 1970s. In some ways, it was very progressive but unlike similar schools of its type, it did retain the use of … Read more

Beverley lives in the north of England with her husband Graham and daughter Emily, who at the time of this interview was five years old and growing up fast. Was … Read more

When his father is called away unexpectedly just before he smacks his bottom, Matt begins to think he might have got away with his misbehaviour – until his mother walks … Read more

Jade is a mother of two young children living in Manchester, UK. At the time of the interview, Siobhan was four years old and her elder sister Ruby was six. … Read more

Denise and Julie, who were both spanked by their mother growing up, revisit the act of corporal punishment after reading a letter in a sex magazine. The result is a … Read 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 time … Read more

Paddling, back in my school days, was a very common punishment – and it wasn’t always strictly recorded, either. My first and only experience of it was at six years … Read more

When I was eight years old, my parents were suddenly called away urgently to attend my maternal grandfather, who was very ill. They lived up in Scotland and we lived … Read 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, really looked after him well. He was generally … Read 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 the children get when they are … Read more

Lena lives in the Polish city of Poznan with her husband and children. It’s a large, traditional Catholic family consisting of two boys, who at the time of interview were … Read 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 financially when this happened, so … Read more

‘H’ concludes her recollection of childhood punishments from her mother by telling us about the first time she actually got the cane. It turned out to hurt a lot more … Read more

In the second part of her reminiscences of childhood, ‘H’ recalls how her mother bought a cane for her bottom from a mail order firm – and she has some … Read more

Kids walking in on their parents’ lovemaking seems a fairly common occurrence. In this account, Dieter recalls seeing his mother being fucked from behind by his dad – and then … Read more

Pete was mystified when he was taken for his first tawsing at school, not realising that the mysterious strip of brown leather with the split tail was the tool used … Read more

My father was a retained fireman. For those of you from outside the UK, this is a firefighter who actually has another job (Dad worked in the local biscuit factory) … Read 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 call it that back then – that … Read more

Nowadays, our approach to toilet training our children is far more progressive and enlightened, and there’s absolutely no way the vast majority of parents would consider raising their hand because … Read more

On your Twitter feed, you recently asked the question whether any of your followers had experienced the French speciality of the martinet. I can tell you right now that I … Read more

When I was a little boy, I experienced quite a few difficulties with my breathing and had several quite bad bouts of bronchitis. The upshot of this was that my … Read more

In the first of three reminiscences about spankings during her childhood, H recalls getting both a smacked bottom and a slippering from her mother when she misbehaved.

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 problems with controlling my bladder … Read 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 had a five-year-old daughter, Joanie, with … Read 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 much everything together – including getting … Read more

I was interested to read the account from Barry about being spanked for walking in on his parents having sex. On your Twitter account, someone remarked that it was slightly … Read 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 correspondent identifying herself only as ‘H’. My first … Read more