Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part I
Editor’s note: Chapter XIV is by far the longest chapter of Mariam Fredrick’s book on child discipline, I … more
Late with the rent
While I was at university in Heidelberg, Germany, I rented a room at a large house which was owned by a widow with two sons, … more
The witness is witnessed
I was raised in Lancashire, England, during the 1970s and at that time, my mum would often look after the little girl next … more
Teaching Daddy to spank
The usual mother-in-law jokes aside, I have a great relationship with Matthew, who is married to my eldest daughter Jen… more
Painting the woodshed
As I have mentioned in other stories, my own family and that of my friend Hannah were close friends. Hannah and I were almo… more
The cane from my father
I was brought up in a very middle-class family in Surrey, England in the 1960s and my parents were, to put it mildly, very c… more
The naughty girls’ medicine
I grew up in a working class family during the 1980s. Although corporal punishment was being increasingly discouraged … more
Smack bottom and bed (audio)
From the emails we receive, we know that many men are aroused when they overhear mothers discussing matters of family di… more
The copycats (audio)
Impressionable and imaginative children often get up to the same mischief they read about in comics or see on televisio… more
Not on the hand (audio)
In an era of school corporal punishment when most schoolgirls got the cane on the hand, Vanessa was one of the minority wh… more
The cane in the corner
I was brought up in Singapore and as you may know, even today the cane is a popular deterrent with parents there in shaping … more
What should have happened
It was 1959. I was eight and in my last term at primary school before moving on to the lower school of a large boys’ grammar. … more
Lighting up their bottoms
I was over visiting my friend Carol when this happened. Carol and I are old school pals and she has two kids – at the time of t… more
Camp bully’s sore bottom
By the time I was 11, it was around six months since I last wet the bed, so I was no longer in diapers at night. I had joined the … more
Cherry red bottom
When I was a little girl, like many children, I didn’t care much for fresh fruit and vegetables, but there was one e… more
Working as a team
I think nearly all your stories on Maman have either mum or dad dispensing discipline to their naughty child, but in my ow… more
La zapatilla
I was born in a fairly large Spanish town to a working family, being the middle one of three brothers. I also have a sister. … more
Giving my first two spankings
I’d like to tell you about the first two times I gave a spanking. The first time was when I was only 10 years old – it wa… more
From child to mum, part I (audio)
An audio version of the first of Lina’s two-part recollections of spanking both as the child receiving it, and th… more
Seeing Simon (audio)
For those of us interested in spanking, seeing someone else receiving it was extremely memorable – but so was walking in … more
The cookie thief
This happened one summer – I was around seven or eight years old and on vacation at my grandparents’ farm.
It was a r… more
La Disciplina
When my brother Andrea and I were boys, it was our mother who handled all the behaviour matters. Our father ran a small oli… more
Pooing my pants (audio)
Toilet accidents – and perhaps a spanking when they happen – are something we tend to associate with younger children. B… more
Some early fireworks
I was eight years old – almost nine – and a family picnic for the Fourth of July. It was at my aunt and uncle’s home, w… more
A new coat (audio)
In this insight into her privileged upbringing in the New England of the 1930s, Gigi recalls how carelessness cost her s… more
Black bottomed girl (audio)
The spanking games we play as children, and our experiences of parental discipline, can often have a major influence on … more
Spanked during the sleepover
As I’ve mentioned in previous contributions, right up until I was around 10 years old I had problems with bedwett… more
Mothers Talking: Marjorie
The following is derived from an informal conversation I had with Marjorie back in the late 1980s. By that time, this mot… more
My first time with the cane
My father was an officer in the Royal Navy, and as such he was away a great deal, half way around the world. This left the dis… more
The flat battery
I was about 12 years old. Our family were regular churchgoers. Not only did we go every Sunday, but on and every Thursday n… more
Starting her on spankings
Looking back, I probably started spanking my daughter quite late. It would have been better if she had had her first trip … more
Bully brought to book
It was the summer in the late 70s– I was 13 and playing rep soccer. One night, we had a practice at the same compound where my … more
Fathers Talking: Martin
Martin is married to Louise and the couple live in West Sussex. At the time of the following interview, they had two boys – … more
Getting a ‘slipper bottom’
When I was a naughty boy, I would usually be sent to fetch Mum’s slipper from her shoe cupboard (unless she happene… more
The Cowhide (audio)
We get a glimpse of life in colonial life in Africa as a young boy is thoroughly smacked in front of the servants – and ends u… more
Slippered by Marie (audio)
One of our most popular stories comes to audio, as a boy playing at his friends’ house comes face to face with famil… more