The seeds of childhood
We are a married couple from Brittany in France and we both really enjoy reading your site. Although we are a very compati… more
We are a married couple from Brittany in France and we both really enjoy reading your site. Although we are a very compati… more
During the late 1980s I was working in the city of London and living on the outskirts, and so caught the bus into work each d… more
When young Simon decided to retrieve his own ball from the flat roof of his mother’s office, it ended up with six of … more
I was around seven or eight when Mum actually carried out one of her most heart-stopping threats. It only happened once, … more
John recalls a belting from his girlfriend’s father which left him with a very sore bottom, but strangely arouse… more
I come from a large middle class Indian family, comprising my retired father, my homemaker mother, myself, my wife and s… more
Sometimes, even good boys have a secret desire to be taken over someone’s knee and have their bare bottoms soundl… more
I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and before Mum and Dad split up she was the disciplinarian of the house. She believed wholehea… more
A father who prefers to remain anonymous wrote in to us with his reminiscences of caning his three daughters while they w… more
Irish mother Kelly recalls how she changed the disciplinary regime in her home with the introduction of a traditional i… more
Having a headmaster for a dad was not the easiest of childhoods, particularly when you’re an only child on whom yo… more
Mum didn’t often smack either me or my younger sister Emily, but when she did, she made a ‘proper job’… more
My parents were regular churchgoers, and during the main part of the service the children would go into a Sunday school, … more
I want to tell you about the one and only time I got the slipper at school. It was off Mr Willis, my PE teacher at the time. Thi… more
Home-schooling mom Heather was one of those parents who purchased a controversial spanking implement known as The Rod… more
Contributor Barbara recalls how she saw the beginning of a family spanking – and heard it in its entirety – when she paid a … more
I married Jason in the mid 80s, and at the time his son Steven had just turned five years old. Jason’s ex had a big dru… more
I’ve read elsewhere of women ruling their households with a rod of iron – my wife Gina ruled hers with a spoon of woo… more
Kelly is an Irish mother of two girls, both now grown up. In another Maman story, she discussed her use of the traditional … more
I grew up in India during the 1970s, when corporal punishment, both at school and at home, was extremely common. My dad wa… more
Sometimes, when my friends and I would talk about a recent spanking, someone would say they got spanked for no good reaso… more
As a parent bringing up a family in the 1970s, corporal punishment played a natural part in enforcing family discipline… more
A rare glimpse for Harry of his wife actually spanking their young son brought a whole new dimension to their marital int… more
When three young brothers push their mother too far, she gets out a ruler and bends them over together for their first and … more
The chance to start a snowball fight in the school playground proved too much of a temptation for Pat – for his trouble, he … more
Spankings in our house were never given on the bare bottom – our dad usually smacked both my younger brother and I at least … more
Children’s homes are still unfortunately a necessity and part of our national care network, at least in the UK, b… more
I’ve read a couple of accounts on your website from people who were sent elsewhere by their parents to receive cor… more
I enjoyed reading your account about the history of The Rod, which you ended by asking whether there were any parents or c… more
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
This is all about the second and final spanking I got (alongside my cousin Johnny) from my Aunt Gracie – it happened durin… more
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
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
The spanking I’m talking about here happened about 20 years ago – but I still remember it like it was yesterday.&n… more
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
My mom and dad have always been practising Christians, and every Sunday morning my brother and I would be dragged off to t… more
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