Teachers – Page 4 – Maman: spanking memories: mothers, fathers, teachers, relatives and others

Bare bottoms in class

Contrary to what many believe, some children did get their bare bottoms smacked in school. I know, because I witnessed one such punishment myself, administered to two boys in front … Read more

I read recently that someone doubted the truth of stories of corporal punishment experienced by girls at school beyond primary school, suggesting that these were actually the fertile imagination of … Read 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 in the … Read more

My sister wets herself

I have read some accounts on your website of children wetting themselves either prior to or during corporal punishment, and this happened to my sister at school, when she was … Read 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 young teacher I … Read 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. During lunch break, I decided to get … Read 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 my oldest brother was born … Read more

Advertising’s bottom line

Maman special report One of the oldest and immutable principles of advertising has been to identify with your target audience, and reflect their daily lives in your imagery and copy. … Read 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 advert ran regularly in certain select publications. These adverts … Read 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 sent for a whacking … Read 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 regularly – not at … Read 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 earn the cane, you had to admittedly commit a … Read 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 have been built there now) and memories … Read 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 – this was in the … Read 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. My friend Valerie and … Read 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 our forefathers so dearly purchased, the “right to life, liberty and … Read 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 child training manual emphatically advocating the practice of spanking, and going … Read 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 was in second grade … Read more

Chatterbox chastised

I was a real chatterbox in school, particularly during my primary years, and my talking in class frequently got me into trouble with teachers. One day, when I was in … Read more

Correction That Corrects: Foreword

Correction That Corrects is a book on ‘child training’ authored by American Mariam Fredrick in 1925. It is remarkable in that it not only advocates spanking as an important and … Read 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 followed. Our first two children were both … Read 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 Christian School, and my basic opinions … Read more

Paddlings for girls

I thought your readers might be interested in my experience of paddling young ladies’ bottoms at a private Christian school where I taught. I began my career in the 1970s … Read 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 home, but also in … Read 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 the word ‘naughty’ when dealing with misbehaviour. … Read 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 discipline I was subject to myself as … Read 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 border. It remains a boarding school to this … Read 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 under my dress that day. It … Read 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 teachers’ names just in case. I, like most kids when … Read 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 young woman doing her graduate studies … Read 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 change into my football kit. I usually … Read 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 lessons, my … Read more

On the subject of spanking

When I was 16 years old, Mom surprised me with my first spanking from her in three years. It came about as a result of a spanking I was given … Read more

After class

When I was eight, I was in Miss Bateman’s class. She was quite a young teacher (although she seemed ancient to us children, of course), with by now quite old-fashioned … Read more

In fifth grade

When I was 10, I thought all physical discipline would end at our private school, at least for girls. We generally got some form of detention. I had a friend … Read more

A slip of the tongue

I was enrolled in a small private day school in New England in the 40s, when physical discipline was fairly common, or at least acceptable. In my class there was … Read more