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
Whackings – and afterwards
I went to a school in north London during the 1970s and the cane was still very much in use. I was unfortunate enough to be se… more
A dirty business (audio)
In this extract from her now discontinued blog The Spanking Mum, Louise discusses the pros and cons of spanking in the pr… more
Learning to smack (audio)
Receiving your first spanking as a child is one thing, but administering such a punishment for the first time as a carer i… more
Two doses of the cane (audio)
In the days when corporal punishment was far more common than it is now, quite a few parents allowed other adults to infli… more
Making bottoms smoke (audio)
When Helen and her friend June are caught smoking in school for the second time in less than a month, the remedy is the stra… more
Two for a slippering
My parents were generally very kind and loving and it was not often that corporal punishment was resorted to in our house… more
Between the aisles
Editor’s note: This contribution was originally emailed to Maman in 2002.
I know that in this permissive day and … more
School and home
I was 16 years old, late in my sophomore year of high school. It was the early 1990s. I went to a school that paddled fairly r… more
Mothers Talking: Daiyu
Daiyu is a mother-of-two from Singapore. At the time of the original interview, she was the mother of one little boy, who … more
The accidental burglar
When I was nine years old and growing up in a small Scottish town, we had a change of neighbour after the elderly gentleman … more
The spanking spray
I’ve seen a few references on your site to being spanked on a wet bottom, and how it hurts a lot more somehow than a dr… more
‘Were you a naughty girl?’
The part of spanking stories that appeals to me the most is the embarrassment. I’m not sure why but as long a… more
My sister’s bare bottom (audio)
The degree of privacy afforded for spankings administered to children of the opposite sex certainly varied family by f… more
Smackings at the childminder’s (audio)
Nowadays, any childminder who smacked the bottoms of the children in her charge would end up in court. But not that long a… more
A switching to remember
When I was in the third grade in the 1990s, my best friend was Cory, who lived about four blocks away from our house. One day… more
Cuts and bruises (audio)
Life on a working canal boat back in the ‘good old days’ was tough on bargee parents – and their children oft… more
White, black and blue
Back in the 80s my best friend was a girl called Latisha. I’m white, Latisha is black. Close interracial friendsh… more
Spankings with Rosie (audio)
The childish games we play in our youth sometimes have a very adult dynamic beneath them, as Fiona found out when she and a … more
My mom’s spanking spoon
Considering it hurt so much at the time, you may think it odd that I remember my mom’s spanking spoon with such affe… more
Angela’s first spanking (audio)
Intentions of being a progressive parent are one thing, but the reality of disciplining children in the real world can o… more
Boarding school discipline
During the 1950s, I went to a strict boarding school in Western Australia, and I remember being caned very vividly.
To ea… more