At my mother’s breast (audio)
A child who has just been spanked by mother will nevertheless instinctively seek comfort in her arms once the chastisem… more
At my mother’s breast
I was brought up in the late 70s/early 80s, and in many ways my family life was something of a contradiction. Dad was basic… more
Spying in the bushes
One day, when I was 11 years old, I was playing at my friend Amanda’s house. when we heard agitated yelling from her … more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XV
DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS
“Difficulties give way to diligence. Objections are often traceable to ignorance of fac… more
Taken to be smacked
When I was a child, my mum was good friends with a lady called Mrs Leese – I think they had worked together before they both l… more
Bottom bared by sister
When we were children (during the 1960s and 70s), my parents had us understand that a bare bottom spanking was their last … more
Leathered for smoking
My daughter Rachel was something of a brat growing up – she always seemed to have an attitude, never did as she was told, mi… more
A visit from Aunt Nicky (audio)
David recalls how his mother’s younger sister came to stay to look after the family during an illness – and how it r… more
‘Danny got a spanking’
When I was around 12 or 13, we went on a family picnic at a local fish hatchery. My brother and his friends were walking on a n… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part VII
PERSISTENCY IN SPITE OF AUTHORATATIVE DECISION. Perseverance and determination are very desirable qualities in the … more
Smacked by Uncle Dennis
Probably somewhat unusually by the 90s, Mary and I were sometimes smacked by several family members in addition to Mum a… more
Sore bottoms at bathtime
In spite of him usually being far more patient and good-natured than Mum, there was one area where our father’s to… more
In the hands of the babysitter
From around the age of seven to around 12 years old, I had the same girl babysit me when my parents needed to go out and leave … more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part VI
HOLDING BREATH. A baby, or even a child several years of age, may, through temper, hold the breath. I strongly advise spa… more
Mothers Talking: Cindy (audio)
In this interview from some years ago, we chatted to Australian mum Cindy about her use of the cane on the bottoms of her tw… more
It’s the belt for Barb
One of the most memorable spankings I ever witnessed happened to my older cousin Barb. She was the oldest cousin in our f… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part V
TELLING OF UNTRUTHS. Making the child truthful is one of the hardest tasks of child training. Perhaps in no period of t… more
Whackings from our dad
I’ve just finished reading your wonderful story The naughty girls’ medicine, and I was struck how simila… more
Fathers Talking: Martin (audio)
Martin, the father of two young boys, talks about his use of the slipper and how, as head of the household, he takes respon… more
Tanned arse for bullying
When I was about nine years old, I got caught bullying my neighbour’s daughter.
Unfortunately for me, the girl&#… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part IV
DISRESPECT. Disrespect not unfrequently results in sauciness, contradictions, flippant remarks, answers with no c… more
The crying pillow (audio)
In Canada, children were accustomed to receive the school strap across their hands for misbehaviour. But as this anony… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part III
OBEDIENCE! Why is it that mother or governess finds it necessary repeatedly to remind a child of his misconduct ? Why so m… more
The cane from my father (audio)
The time when mild hand spankings over mummy’s knee come to an end and are replaced by something altogether more f… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIV, part II
DISOBEDIENCE. Of course many different acts of misbehaviour come from disobedience. The reader will notice that I pla… more
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