A taste of the slipper
I can’t recall exactly the first time my father used the slipper on my bottom, but I do recall as if it was yesterday … more
Sore bottom in the summertime
It was the summer vacation and I was doing the usual thing that most 14-year-old girls do during a break from school – noth… more
A military childhood
I was a child born in the early 60s, my father was in the military and my mum was very much a home-maker, although she did hav… more
Reckoning for shoplifter
I grew up in the 1970s and early 1980s in northern England, in a predominantly working class city. My father worked on th… more
Bare bottoms in class
Contrary to what many believe, some children did get their bare bottoms smacked in school. I know, because I witnessed o… more
Making a meal of it
I grew up in the 1970s in the south of England. My mother had me when she was considerably older than most mums and gave birt… more
An own goal
At the end of our street was a quite large patch of grass, where my friends and I played football. Adjacent was a bungalow w… more
Strictness over school work
I grew up in Malaysia. My sister and I were trained from when we were quite young to be good girls. We were both usually obed… more
Real spanking experiences
I read recently that someone doubted the truth of stories of corporal punishment experienced by girls at school beyond … more
Roasting in the kitchen
As a young boy growing up in Ireland, I was no stranger to a trip over my mum’s knee with my trousers and underpants t… more
In the fitting room
On my 13th birthday, what I wanted more than anything was a pair of Wrangler jeans. Of course, I had perfectly good jeans a… more
Shona’s knickers (audio)
As a Scottish teacher of the 1950s, David’s mother was unsurprisingly a firm supporter of the belt in both school … more
Mum finishes it (audio)
FREE AUDIO: When Lucy and her sister squabbled as children, their mother often resorted to settling such arguments wit… more
On the bare bottom (audio)
The experience of seeing a young playmate getting a maternal spanking for wetting her underpants is one which this anon… more
On smacking at seven (audio)
The following remarks about domestic discipline were originally collected by John and Elizabeth Newson, a husband an… more
Paint it red
From a mother’s point of view, discipline matters. I learned early on that to be too lenient with children does not pay of… more
Dressed up for a sore bottom
I don’t remember all the events of this particular incident. Mom and I were getting ready to go out for the day to see mom’s … more
Nanny (audio)
This story takes us right back to the 1940s, when a little girl’s dining room prank ended with an introduction to t… more
Growing up right (audio)
The following memories are drawn from posts on an internet forum set up to support a BBC project called ‘Scotland on Film… more
Crossing into discipline (audio)
What’s worse than a spanking? How about two spankings in the same day, one at school and the other from mother at ho… more
Matrons remembered (audio)
The following is an exchange between two contributors to the long-defunct Maman mailing list, regarding that formida… more
Mothers’ discussions (audio)
For many of us as children, having our transgressions and our punishments discussed in front of us between adults was al… more
Becky’s first smacking (audio)
Our first experience of spanking is always memorable, but perhaps even more so is the first time we witness a sibling rec… more
June’s promise to Mum
When I was about 13, my mum got a job at a local factory working late shifts. My dad regularly worked away, so on these occas… more
Smoking hot hairbrush
When I was 14 or 15, in the early 1970s, I had secretly taken up smoking. I thought I was pretty grown-up – until the day my gr… more
The old remedy
I hadn’t been spanked for quite a few years but when I was about 15, I had quite a few months of being mouthy and disrespectf… more
Breast is best (audio)
The intimacy of motherhood has many sides, from stern discipline to loving comfort, as William found out when he was bab… more
Smack bottom time
I was brought up in the 1960s, when smack bottoms – as they were called then, at least in Britain – were an acceptable and co… more
In Sarah’s hands
The most embarrassing corporal punishment I ever got was when I was 11. My mother was just starting to prepare me for my sp… more
Paddled by the lake
I’m now 50 years old, but I can still remember the spankings I received as a child, between the ages of around five t… more
Sex – and then the belt
Spankings were very common in our house during the late 1970s and early 80s, and were always administered my mother. A la… more
Watching in school
In British primary schools in the early 1960s, it wasn’t uncommon for teachers to spank children publicly in cla… more
Hairbrush for a runaway
I’m now 37 years old and grew up in the neighbourhoods around the New Zealand city of Dunedin. I was spanked by my mum until … more
A rhyme for naughty children
I love your site. I grew up in South Africa during the 1970s and corporal punishment was a normal part of everyday life acr… more
Upstairs to be caned (audio)
When Mark was six years old, his parents decided he needed something more serious than a few smacks on his clothed bottom… more
Buying a tawse (audio)
Once upon a time, Scotland’s naughty children were subject to a very specific discipline – that of the dreaded be… more