Teachers – Maman: spanking memories: mothers, fathers, teachers, relatives and others

A different fate

I think I would be about six, in my second year of primary school in the UK, and this was the mid-70s. As I mentioned in an ear… more

The timid boy

When I was a small boy, parental culture was such that for many children, the threat of a smacking – if you were very naught… more

Waiting for it

As someone who, even now, is extremely aroused by being spanked myself, and indeed thinking or talking about anything t… more

Boys getting swats

During the 1980s, when I was in the third grade, I got a paddling from my class teacher. Some tattle-tale of a kid had appar… more

Bare bottoms in class

Contrary to what many believe, some children did get their bare bottoms smacked in school. I know, because I witnessed o… more

Real spanking experiences

I read recently that someone doubted the truth of stories of corporal punishment experienced by girls at school beyond … more

All bums bright and beautiful

I grew up in the north of England and attended Sunday School until the age of 11. There was a group of around six of us. We met … more

My sister wets herself

I have read some accounts on your website of children wetting themselves either prior to or during corporal punishment… more

The coat room

When I was in school in the mid 50s, the coat room was where you got swats when needed. In the 5th grade, I had the first youn… more

Absent without leave

When I was a junior at high school in East Texas in the 1980s, I was paddled for leaving the campus without permission.

Dur… more

The mean girls

This story was one my mom shared with me when I was older, and it took place shortly after my parents got married and before … more

Advertising’s bottom line

Maman special report

One of the oldest and immutable principles of advertising has been to identify with your target au… more

The Rod: a sting in the tale

Maman special report

Back in the day (well, the late 90s/early 00s to be a bit more precise), a rather eye-catching adver… more

Whackings – and afterwards

I went to a school in north London during the 1970s and the cane was still very much in use. I was unfortunate enough to be se… more

School and home

I was 16 years old, late in my sophomore year of high school. It was the early 1990s. I went to a school that paddled fairly r… more

Boarding school discipline

During the 1950s, I went to a strict boarding school in Western Australia, and I remember being caned very vividly.

To ea… more

My school spankings

Who remembers their school spankings? I recently passed by the site of one of my old schools in Tyne and Wear UK (houses ha… more

Demerit boys sent for the cane

When I was seven years old, I was sent away to board at a private preparatory (prep) school for boys in the south of England … more

What should have happened

It was 1959. I was eight and in my last term at primary school before moving on to the lower school of a large boys’ grammar. … more

Back To Common Sense – Chapter I (incomplete)

DISCIPLINE, THE RIGHTFUL HERITAGE OF THE CHILD

‘Rejoice Not in Ungodly Children’

We Americans are justly proud of what … more

Back To Common Sense: Note and Preface

The following text is an introductory note and preface to Beatrice Reinhart’s 1937 book Back To Common Sense, a c… more

The spelling test

I was never very good at spelling – and that lack of ability led to my first and only school paddling, back in the 1980s.

I wa… more

Chatterbox chastised

I was a real chatterbox in school, particularly during my primary years, and my talking in class frequently got me into t… more

Correction That Corrects: Foreword

Correction That Corrects is a book on ‘child training’ authored by American Mariam Fredrick in 1925. It i… more

Paddling my daughter

About a year after I first took the position of vice principal, I was married – and, as you might expect, children quickly … more

Listening in on a paddling

In a previous contribution to your site, I gave an overview, as it were, of how I came to be the vice-principal of a Christi… more

Paddlings for girls

I thought your readers might be interested in my experience of paddling young ladies’ bottoms at a private Chris… more

Spankings on panties

Even though I grew up in Europe at a time when spanking was pretty much on the way out, I still experienced it not only at hom… more

The Spanking Mum: The N-word

According to a recent report in the UK’s Daily Mail, more than nine in ten nursery workers have been told not to use … more

A doubly good hiding

Some of you may have already read my contribution to the Mothers Talking series – I’d like now to tell you about the … more

The Housemother

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, I attended a boarding school in the Midlands region of England, close to the Cheshire b… more

A heap of trouble

I think I must have been around six years old and in my kindergarten class. It was winter time and I was wearing pantyhose u… more

A paddling to note

This happened when I was in eighth grade, which would be in the mid-1980s. I was 13. I’ve changed the teachersR… more

My beautiful tutor

During my lower school and early middle school years, I had a personal tutor to help me with my studies. This teacher was a … more

Do you want a smacked bum?

Many years ago, much to the annoyance of my mother, I used to run upstairs to my bedroom most evenings after school to chan… more

The hated coat

I was in the second year of senior school, so I’d be 12. I needed a new winter coat and one day, when I got home from my l… more