Beginnings (audio)
This insightful and frank account of a parental discussion about discipline in the marital bed is being published as &#… more
Smacked in the supermarket (audio)
Back in the heyday of spanking, children who misbehaved while out shopping could often expect a sore bottom upon their r… more
Sore bottom on Christmas Eve
Inspired by the thread in The Corner about holiday spankings, I want to tell you about the time, when I was seven, that I go… more
Summer discipline
I was born in 1958 and was educated by a mother who fervently believed in physical punishment during the training stage. … more
Paying the price
When I was 11 years old, I got into trouble for talking during my math class. I didn’t get punished at home for this b… more
Smacked bum for a late riser
I want to contextualise this story first. I was eight years old when it happened. I’m a transgender man, meaning t… more
Upstairs to be caned
I’ll never forget the first time I was taken upstairs by my father to be caned. This was in the 1970s, and it was stil… more
The girls get a belting
During my time at university, I would occasionally earn a bit of extra money in the holiday breaks by doing a spot of babys… more
A clean sweep
I got many spankings as a young boy (and indeed well into my teens) from either Mum or Dad. All of them were administered on … more
The bond of a double spanking
My parents always spanked me soundly whenever they felt it was necessary. I can’t remember what age I got my first… more
I’ll show you mine…
There surely can’t be many kids who haven’t once played the game of ‘I’ll show you mine if you … more
That loving feeling
When I was about eight years old, I developed a serious skin infection as a result of swimming in a neighbour’s dirty pool… more
Spanking and growing (audio)
Many consider that there is a ‘spanking gene’ which determines if we develop a fetish about corporal puni… more
A clean conscience (audio)
When three kids take a forbidden route home through some dangerous woods, the result is a bare bottom spanking for each o… more
Strawberries and tomatoes
I previously wrote about the first time Hannah’s dad spanked me during our summer holiday – but during those two w… more
Mothers Talking: Judith
Judith is a New Zealand mother-of-two living just outside Auckland. Her children are Zoe and Darren, who at the time of t… more
First and second
My first and second spankings were both given to me by my mother – about 15 minutes apart – when I was about four years old.
I… more
Embarrassments and accidents
Towards the beginning of the school year when I was in 5th grade (and aged 11), I went to the school bathroom to pee. From th… more
Summertime smacked bottoms
I’ve written here before about spankings I got from my mom and dad – but other people also got to give me a sore botto… more
Mother Superior
I grew up in a time where corporal punishment was the normal method of discipline in both the home and the Catholic school … more
A series of spankings
One day, when I was 10 years old, I decided to paint a pair of my father’s dress shoes with some white paint I came across. I&… more
Seeing Luca get a spanking
I grow up in northern Italy in the 80s, as the only child in a fairly middle class family. Although spanking was definitel… more
Highs and lows
This memory goes back to the early 1960s. I can’t remember the time of year; only the fact that I was wearing shorts … more
A switch in time
As a young boy growing up in the south, I had plenty of opportunities to witness other children undergoing corporal puni… more
The babysitter’s hairbrush
When I was a kid, everyone who had any authority over us had the absolute right to spank us, from parents to teachers, and e… more
Half of the blame
My story goes back to the mid-50s, when my mother and her sister rented a place in Miami Beach for six weeks in mid-Februar… more
In the shadow of the cane
I had a friend from college who was happy-go-lucky and free spirited. She moved to a different city after graduation but … more
Me and the girls
In 1962, when I was 14, I was at my girlfriend’s house playing a board game with her and her younger sister, and her mom was w… more
Staying with Aunt Sue
During my teenage years, I used to spend the summer holidays with my Aunt Sue and her daughter Sally. I admired my cousin … more
Seeing Peter
Having read the many accounts of childhood punishments on your website, I wondered if you would be interested in one fro… more
The wrong bottom (audio)
Some kids will do anything to get out of a spanking! Here, Simon recalls how a childish prank at school ended in disaster f… more
The accidental burglar (audio)
Douglas remembers how a childish misunderstanding led to a very sore bottom and hands, and the appointment of a discipl… more
A team effort
This is my recollection of a very well-deserved spanking from my dad – under Mom’s supervision – when I was about 10 years … more
The coat room
When I was in school in the mid 50s, the coat room was where you got swats when needed. In the 5th grade, I had the firs… more