I’m somewhat old-fashioned in my ways, so when our only child Orlando was born, there was no question that he would find himself over my knee at various times while … Read more

When I was six years old, my primary school teacher was a Mrs Mason. She was a young, attractive lady with shoulder-length brown hair, parted in the centre. Mrs Mason … Read more

I was born in Taiwan and my upbringing there during the 1980s was very typical for the times, particularly when it came to matters of domestic discipline. My mother bought … Read more

I come from quite a privileged family, and as my parents were both busy professionals it was only natural that they would engage a nanny for their three children. Unlike … Read more

My parents didn’t smack very often – my sister and I were raised in the 80s, when spanking was becoming rather unfashionable – but occasionally they did take decisive action, … Read more

I enjoy reading the memories posted on your website, especially those involving the cane, a punishment implement with which I have a long connection. Unusually among your posters, however, I … Read more

I was one of the first from our British primary school to go to a middle school, when the system changed in the late 1970s – previously, you stayed on … Read more

The year was 1975, and I was six years old. I had been disruptive in class for most of the morning and Mrs Taylor, my teacher, had clearly had enough. … Read more

When I was six or seven years old (I can’t remember exactly when), I ‘borrowed’ my mother’s camera and played around with it for a while. It was a simple … Read more

My parents split up when I was very young – my mother ran off with a friend of my dad’s, and after about six months they went off together to … Read more

I was nine years old, and for the second time in about a month, I hadn’t done my homework. Even now as we sat down in class, I was somehow … Read more

When I was 10 years old, I began attending a girls’ school in the west of Ireland which, like many at the time, was run by nuns as part of … Read more

Although I now live in London, I was actually born in Hong Kong and raised there during the 1980s. My parents, who are both Chinese, were pretty strict with me … Read more

It was the autumn of 1972, and as you will see, I have no problem remembering or confirming the date. That summer I had turned 13 and considered myself quite … Read more

My mother died very suddenly when my younger sister and I were quite young (I was six and my little sister Pamela was barely a year old). Our dad was … Read more

Spankings began quite early for me – I have a vivid memory of being barely three and being taken upstairs by my father for a dose of the slipper. The … Read more

When I was a little boy, we had a black maid called Ella, who was ‘the help’ around our house. Even back then (I’m talking early 1960s), Ella was quite … Read more

Helen was a right little chatterbox during her early school years – and one day the habit earned her a soundly smacked bottom from her teacher, as she recalls here…