Often, grown-ups talking about spanking is more embarrassing for children than actually receiving it. Daniel remembers the humiliating way his mother referred publicly to the corporal punishment she administered to … Read more
My mother was definitely a believer in smacking naughty children. I was by no means the most unruly child of my cohort in school but like all children, I did … Read more
Who remembers their school spankings? I recently passed by the site of one of my old schools in Tyne and Wear UK (houses have been built there now) and memories … Read more
When I was 10 and my brother David was seven, my parents took on a local neighbourhood girl called Linda to babysit us occasionally when they went out. Linda was … Read more
When I was seven years old, I was sent away to board at a private preparatory (prep) school for boys in the south of England – this was in the … Read more
My parents hardly ever used corporal punishment when I was growing up, but I do remember one memorable spanking I got from my father in the mid-1990s, when I was … Read more
I first met Rosie in reception class at school and we stayed best friends throughout our school years, although we lost touch when we both went to different universities and … Read more
As I mentioned in my story Spanking At The Campsite, the family friend I knew through church as Aunt Gege (although her real name was Kirsten) babysat me a lot … Read more
This story is true and written from personal experience. What I set down now is exactly how everything unfolded in 1973, at a time when the phenomenon of streaking began … Read more
In this audio version of a popular Maman story, Marcus recalls the first time his mother required him to bend over to receive six of the best with her cane … Read more
When I was growing up, back in the mid 1980s, I was part of a gang of five kids who would dare each other to do silly things. One winter, … Read more
I didn’t see a whole lot of Aunt Kate, my dad’s sister, during my childhood, as she and my uncle lived a whole state away from us. However, when I … Read more
It was a chilly day in early autumn, and my dad was clearing away a huge quantity of leaves which had dropped on our garden from the trees which lined … Read more
When my big brother and I were growing up in Wyoming during the 1980s, my mom spanked us pretty often. The tool she used for our discipline was an oval … Read more
Editor’s Note: Back in the days of the original Maman, I wrote a story about two girls sharing a flat. While this was fiction, the story was actually based on … Read more
My birth mother died when I was just six years old, and for the next three years it was just me and Dad. Because we had both been through a … Read more
As I’ve mentioned in some of my previous stories, I grew up in a Christian family and every summer our church had a weekly summer camp. This included many worship … Read more
One of the more notable things about my childhood was that my best friend Mark and I shared the same surname. It wasn’t that remarkable, I guess, as it was … Read more
“Sincerity gives wings to power.” From the Foreword to this, the Concluding Word, the author, by narrating her experience and citing examples, has endeavored to show the crying need of … Read more
When I was a girl, smacking was still a very common punishment for Britain’s naughty children and I’d like to share two specific memories I have of receiving CP. Like … Read more
Phyllis is a mother-of-two and grandmother of five from Des Moines, Iowa. At the time of the interview, her grandchildren were aged between two and nine years old. What makes … Read more
TO THE MARRIAGEABLE GIRL “Children are what the mothers are.”
THE GOVERNESS “A faithful governess plays the role of a true mother.”
I suspect that like a lot of parents in the 1990s, I did my utmost to avoid direct confrontation with my daughter, let alone get to the thorny issue of … Read more
My middle son was naughtier than both of his brothers put together, and unfortunately this meant that he did regularly find himself with a sore bottom. Right up until he … Read more
I am a UK-based father of three boys, and regularly smacked their bottoms when they were growing up. While I always had a genuine reason for smacking them, such as … Read more
In spite of her extreme strictness and intolerance in most other matters, one thing that mum never smacked us for was bedwetting, or indeed toilet accidents in the daytime – … Read more
I guess there aren’t many kids these days who live in fear of getting their bottom walloped when report day rolls around, but back in my schooldays, many of us … Read more
THE OLDER CHILD “Uproot not the neglected flower; rather, care for it more diligently.”
A child who has just been spanked by mother will nevertheless instinctively seek comfort in her arms once the chastisement is over. This anonymous contributor’s mother took this comfort to … Read more
I was brought up in the late 70s/early 80s, and in many ways my family life was something of a contradiction. Dad was basically an unreconstructed hippy, with a laid-back … Read more
One day, when I was 11 years old, I was playing at my friend Amanda’s house. when we heard agitated yelling from her next-door neighbour’s home. It sounded like the neighbour … Read more
DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS “Difficulties give way to diligence. Objections are often traceable to ignorance of facts.”
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 left to concentrate on … Read more
When we were children (during the 1960s and 70s), my parents had us understand that a bare bottom spanking was their last resort in terms of punishments. In practice, though, … Read more
My daughter Rachel was something of a brat growing up – she always seemed to have an attitude, never did as she was told, misbehaved all the time – and … Read more
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