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
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XIII
PROPER METHOD—THE MANNER
The greatest care and attention to even every least detail should be the attitude of the mothe… more
Pooing my pants
My mum was a stickler for cleanliness, especially in matters of personal hygiene. If, while doing the laundry, she came … more
In the teeth of the evidence
I didn’t see much of my father during my childhood before the age of 11, when I finally went to live with him. During … more
The belt from my father
Although I got my bottom tanned by Mom growing up, Dad wasn’t above giving me corporal punishment himself. For th… more
A week of spankings
I got my last spankings from my Dad when I was 14 years old, about four months before I turned 15. Me and my friend Anna were o… more
Spankings come home
When I started at school, up till second grade mild forms of corporal punishment were still allowed. If you misbehaved e… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter XII
PROPER METHOD – THE PLACE
How many people, I wonder, ever give thought to the question, “Is there anything of importance … more
Turn and turn about
My first recollection of a spanking is one I received when I was four years old, although I know from family conversation… more
The Housemother (audio)
The Housemother, sometimes known as the Matron, has played a prominent role in looking after British boarding school c… more
Back To Common Sense – Chapter I (incomplete)
DISCIPLINE, THE RIGHTFUL HERITAGE OF THE CHILD
‘Rejoice Not in Ungodly Children’
We Americans are justly proud of what … more
Picking a punishment (audio)
Donna’s intention of picking a nice bouquet of flowers for her nana goes badly wrong, when she raids her grandad&… more