Libby and Rachel (audio)
In this audio version of a popular Maman memory, two girls recall how they met, and how a mutual fascination with spankin… more
The cane in the corner (audio)
Asian parents are widely known for the exacting standards they expect of their children – and the sometimes harsh punis… more
My father’s cigarette case
This is my memory of a spanking I got in 1957, when I was just five years old. We were not a very well-off family and my parent… more
Over Mrs Johnson’s lap
I grew up a somewhat undisciplined child – I was adopted at the age of three and my new parents were to afraid to give me what … more
Slipping out, then slippered
My school was a boys only grammar school and there were only a few female teachers. When I was in the third year, at the age o… more
The two smells (audio)
Sniffing your mother’s worn knickers is undoubtedly a taboo subject, but is in fact probably fairly common for y… more
My girlfriend’s mom
When I was 13, I had a girlfriend I really liked – but I didn’t like spending time at her house because we would alway… more
In front of everyone
My parents met while my father was in the army and stationed in Germany. I was born in the US but by the time I was in 5th grade … more
Knowing what you show
I’m the only child of a fairly middle class English family, who grew up in the 1980s. My parents weren’t par… more
A spoonful of discipline
I was nine and was with two of my friends in the kitchen. We were making pancakes and I was showing off, being the youngest o… more
The sally rod
When our girls Una and Ciara were growing up, I was the primary disciplinarian. A basic punishment was a bare bottom over… more
The mean girls
This story was one my mom shared with me when I was older, and it took place shortly after my parents got married and before … more
Amie’s second smacking
In a previous story, I described how my twins Archie and Amie experienced their first spanking one night, at bedtime, at … more
First time over mother’s knee
My elder brother Andy and I were not often spanked as children, but that made it all the more memorable when our parents ga… more
Advertising’s bottom line
Maman special report
One of the oldest and immutable principles of advertising has been to identify with your target au… more
No nonsense from grandma
My grandpa and grandma weren’t really farmers, but they had a small parcel of land at the back of their property wi… more
A surprise smacking
Not long after I married my wife Karen, I was sent to live in Sydney, Australia for a couple of years by my company as part of … more
‘Discipline is a good thing’
“If I don’t get obedience when I gave an order, then it means the cane.” The following is a reader… more
Beltings over the sofa
I grew up in Zambia in the 1990s, and corporal punishment was still widespread in both schools and at home. In our own home… more
Spanking and growing
Like a lot of your correspondents, I believe I have what some have called the ‘spanking gene’, in that I hav… more
The tree house
When my brother and I were children, we were lucky enough to have our dad build a tree house for us in an old beech which towe… more
Witness to the cane (audio)
Edward remembers an apple scrumping expedition which resulted in him witnessing a very private event – and one he found … more
Parents who care, cane (audio)
Ruth, the mother of two now grown children, remembers purchasing a punishment cane from an ad in the back of a British new… more
The maid and her son
Around 20 years ago now, my husband’s job took us to Oman in the United Arab Emirates, and we spent around five happ… more
The pencil topper
When I was in my third year of primary school in the UK (I’d be around seven), one of those crazes which captures kid… more
The phone conversation
My next door neighbour Linda was a single woman who had two teenage daughters. She was very old-fashioned in outlook, la… more
Smacked back down
Maman special report
Some ideas fail because they are too far ahead of their time. In the case of Safe Smack, you could say … more
Paddling in the Philippines
Maman special report
NEW UPDATE Due to both its strict Asian parenting roots, and a high representation of traditional … more
The Rod: a sting in the tale
Maman special report
Back in the day (well, the late 90s/early 00s to be a bit more precise), a rather eye-catching adver… more
The naughty girls’ medicine (audio)
During the 1980s, Denise and her sister Tracy were subject to a regime of corporal punishment that, while dying out, was … more
A trip to the toilet (audio)
Many of us, it would seem, have witnessed family or friends receiving corporal punishment. However, the most memorabl… more
Mum’s use of the cane (audio)
An anonymous user wrote in to share his experience of going up to his mother’s bedroom, being ordered to drop his t… more
Spankings at my aunt’s
When I was 15 years old, my parents had to go away for a couple of weeks to visit my grandma, who was very ill at the time. As it … more
From flowers to beetroot
I’ve enjoyed reading many of your accounts of childhood scrapes and punishments from other people, but I think m… more
The new neighbours
When I was 13, we got new neighbours. They had just one child, a boy five years younger than myself, but my main focus of the … more