Raised with the cane
As a parent bringing up a family in the 1970s, corporal punishment played a natural part in enforcing family discipline… more
After the punishment (audio)
A rare glimpse for Harry of his wife actually spanking their young son brought a whole new dimension to their marital int… more
Three bottoms for mummy (audio)
When three young brothers push their mother too far, she gets out a ruler and bends them over together for their first and … more
A really sore bottom (audio)
The chance to start a snowball fight in the school playground proved too much of a temptation for Pat – for his trouble, he … more
Seeing it done on the bare
Spankings in our house were never given on the bare bottom – our dad usually smacked both my younger brother and I at least … more
Punishments in children’s homes
Children’s homes are still unfortunately a necessity and part of our national care network, at least in the UK, b… more
My auntie’s slipper
I’ve read a couple of accounts on your website from people who were sent elsewhere by their parents to receive cor… more
Our experiences with The Rod
I enjoyed reading your account about the history of The Rod, which you ended by asking whether there were any parents or c… more
After the punishment
Audrey and I married in the 1961, and had Liam, our first and only child, three years later. Liam was mostly a good boy for u… more
All downhill from there
This is all about the second and final spanking I got (alongside my cousin Johnny) from my Aunt Gracie – it happened durin… more
Swift retribution
I thought I would write and tell you about a spanking I kind of partially witnessed, some years back now, when I went round … more
Hand – and bottom
I always hated history at school, and so if some homework wasn’t going to get done (and that happened at lot to me LO… more
Not staying put
The spanking I’m talking about here happened about 20 years ago – but I still remember it like it was yesterday.&n… more
The coal bunker
Back in the 1960s, seeing a parent smack a child was quite commonplace, and even in public it was not unusual to see an angr… more
Bottled up anger
My mom and dad have always been practising Christians, and every Sunday morning my brother and I would be dragged off to t… more
Comforted by my sister
I was the ‘afterthought’ of our family – a boy born to my mum 12 years after the youngest of her two girls. By t… more
Dressed for the occasion
By the time I was 10 years old, my mother thought me too big for a spanking when I misbehaved, and so when she believed disci… more
Play the game
By the time me and my best friend Gavin were 12 years old, I think it had been some years since either of us had been put over t… more
Before the spanking
When I was in college, I worked part time as a night supervisor at a local motel to earn some money. My shift generally ran f… more
A very motherly spanking
I remember everything like it was yesterday. It was spring and I was eight years old. It was another long weekend of my sta… more
Mothers Talking: Anne-Laure
At the time of this interview, French single mother Anne-Laure was 27 and living on the outskirts of Lyon with her two chi… more
Mothers Talking: Imogen (audio)
In this audio version of the original story, grandmother Imogen recalls how she brought up her own son – with lots of love… more
A naked slippering
This happened to me when I was 14 years old. I used to play football and other games with two brothers who lived quite close … more
Mrs Tranter (audio)
Alan remembers a highly embarrassing incident from when he was fostered out as a young boy, and was given a bath and a bare … more
My sister’s bad report (audio)
School report day was sometimes an anxious one for children – particularly if they hadn’t been trying too hard in … more
Three bottoms for mummy
I’ll always be in awe of how my mum managed to keep discipline in a home of three small boys, and yet only once (at lea… more
Slippered into obedience
I guess you could say I was quite a spirited young girl – although I’m sure that at the time at least, my parents woul… more
Caned by the nuns
I attended an Irish Catholic primary school in the 1960s – all the teachers were nuns and discipline was strict – you coul… more
Ladies’ laps
I grew up in the 1980s, a time when spankings for kids were beginning to wane in popularity but were still common enough th… 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
In front of my sister
There was really only one time during my boyhood when my parents punished me severely, and it happened one summer when I w… more
Smacking my brother’s bottom
I was already nine years old by the time my brother Craig was born, so he was always the baby of the family in my eyes. I̵… more
The inevitable effect
When I was 15, I dated a teenage girl named Emma. She came from a very strict household, where spankings were routinely ha… more
The rude remark
My family was very strict – us children were expected to be respectful, and it was made very clear what would happen if we w… more
Naimh and the magazine (audio)
For those of us with a spanking fetish, finding an understanding sexual partner can be challenging. Steven was lucky en… more