Someone else’s mum

Geoff and I were friends right through school during the 60s and early 70s, and we had similar interests. On one occasion, my mum needed a week in hospital for … Read more

Waiting for my turn

My dad died when I was just four, and my little brother Philip two years younger still. Just before this happened, my maternal grandfather had also passed suddenly, so it … Read more

Tied up and spanked

The games children play when left to their own devices can be fascinating, to say the least. This is a story about one such game. Growing up, our Mom and … Read more

Show and tell

I have read your site for a while now, and I think it is time I gave back a little. Growing up in the late 80s/early 90s, my parents were … Read more

In the swim

When I was around six years old – at my parents’ insistence – I started swimming lessons. I had been in the water a lot previously and could effectively doggy-paddle, … Read more

Revenge is sweet

At the time of writing this, I’m 32 years old, and I have a sister who is two years older than myself. Dad left us when we were both young … Read more

Spankings from Lois

I wonder, who was the youngest person who ever spanked you as a child? Mine was my 16-year-old babysitter! Lois was the older sister of my friend Lenore, and when … Read more

Given the treatment

By the time I was 12 (in the late 1970s), I no longer considered myself to be a child, although of course legally I was. I was in my second year of secondary … Read more

The spoon for respect

Although my four kids were generally well behaved, as a stay-at-home mom of four I had to make sure they knew I was serious about respect and discipline. My twin boys … Read more

A mother’s journey

Growing up under the watchful eye of my mother, a schoolteacher with a firm belief in discipline, shaped me in ways I could never have imagined. Both my brother and … Read more

The birthday party

I was very much looking forward to attending my cousin Graham’s 12th birthday party – he was almost a year older than me. Mum dropped me off with instructions to … Read more

A journey of love and pain

When I lost my wife, leaving me alone with our three-year-old son Raju, the weight of single parenthood crushed me. Raising a toddler without his biological mother seemed an impossible … Read more

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