The American way
In 1987, I was given the exciting news that our family was to travel to Colorado. As a 12-year-old boy I automatically tho… more
Spanked to spanker
I have already shared a story about how my mother spanked me when I was a little boy. Although it hurt, in retrospect it did … more
A harsher reality
I think I may have had the odd smack on the bum as a toddler but by the time I was 11 years old, within at least living memory, I … more
A late punishment
Growing up in the late 70s in a small, conservative English provincial town, it’s no real surprise that my parents belie… more
The breadboard of education
When I was growing up, spankings were used by my parents as the primary method of discipline. Most of the time, my mother … more
A gesture of discipline
The most trouble any of our daughters got into at school was when our youngest, Andrea, was suspended for three days. And… more
Memories of Gloria
Your feature about paddling in the Philippines struck a particular chord with me, as it reminded me so much of my own chil… more
The girls and the hairbrush
I was born in Columbia (but moved to Spain with my family when I was 14) – this story comes from 1977, when I was just eight ye… more
Sharing the suffering
Looking back on my childhood in the Netherlands, few events have made such an impression on me as the first time I was span… more
An old hand (audio)
Carolyn recalls her days as a teenage babysitter – and how the duty of keeping discipline in the households where she wor… more
Sore bottom in a caravan (audio)
Paul remembers a family holiday during which, when he was well into double figures, ended up in him being sharply reacqu… more
A mass slippering
I went to a private all boys prep school in the early 60s and had a PE teacher named Mr Scott [name changed – Ed] who was very f… more
A hollerin’ holiday
I never knew my dad – he was killed in the first Gulf War when I was just a baby and my sister only three years older. My mom, ho… more
An unexpected encounter
During the early 1980s, when corporal punishment (though rarer) hadn’t totally disappeared from British scho… more
A sharp end to misbehaviour
My brother, who is just a year older than me, recently reminded me of the day we both received a sound spanking from our mum… more
Bottom lit after lights out
I have never fathomed out how my mind works and why it is that certain events, be they ever so short-lived, have been etche… more
Leg smackings from Mum
Although my mother was certainly not above smacking me when I was a naughty little girl, unlike most children I generall… more
Bringing children to book
As I write, I have in front of me the parenting handbook that my parents’ church gave out in 1987. I won’t sca… more
Bringing children to book (audio)
Contributor Melanie still has in her possession a parenting manual that was given out to members of her mother and fathe… more
Bottom lit after lights out (audio)
Former English preparatory school pupil Thomas remembers his bottom’s introduction to the headmaster’… more
Leg smackings from Mum (audio)
A contributor who has asked to remain anonymous tells us all about the smackings she got as a girl from her mother, whose c… more
Spanking in five acts
Prologue
If anyone should ever ask me what my earliest memory is, I simply recall receiving a basic train set one Christm… more
Caned at seven (audio)
Graham recalls the first time his mother referred him to his father for a ‘big boy’s punishment’ – ending in a first and ve… more
The benefits of spanking
When I was growing up, it was almost always my dad who was the one to spank us when we misbehaved. He would take down our pant… more
Headspace: What did Mummy say?
Just imagine – you’re no longer an adult but once again a small child. You’re standing in front of your moth… more
Mr Scott’s slipperings
At both my private prep schools for boys only (which I attended from the late 1950s until the early 60s), the PE teachers a… more
A taste of the past (audio)
Shanice recalls an erotic encounter with her boyfriend, which had its roots in an evening she spent regaling her niece a… more
Georgia’s first time (audio)
Experienced mother Cheryl remembers the first time she committed to using corporal punishment in domestic disciplin… more
My life as a nanny (audio)
Eileen recalls an early career in childcare which saw her both encounter and administer corporal punishment on a quite … more
Smacked in the name of God (audio)
Harriet grew up in a cult, and as a result experience regular spankings both from her own parents, and other members of th… more
Spankings on set (audio)
An anonymous contributor details her former life as a child actress, and the spankings on set she both received from her … more
The first of many
It was 1951, and I was six years old. My mother would often take me on the bus to the cinema in the next town, and I had asked pe… more
A Utah childhood
I grew up in Utah during the 1980s and boy, did I get spanked! Not just a quick smack on the butt once or twice, not just a slap … more
School’s spanking advice
I grew up in the Bible Belt, and almost every child got spanked. There was great variety in how these spankings wer… more
Whacks and water
After reading about school punishments in some recent postings it is time for me to come out of the woodwork and report my … more