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 exception – I absolutely adored cherries. In the … Read 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 own upbringing, my parents frequently ‘collaborated’ in the … Read 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. We were raised by strict … Read more

Seeing Simon (audio)

For those of us interested in spanking, seeing someone else receiving it was extremely memorable – but so was walking in on the immediate aftermath of the punishment, as Charles … Read 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 rainy day, so grandmother suggested that after … Read 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 olive farm in the north east of … Read more

Pooing my pants (audio)

Toilet accidents – and perhaps a spanking when they happen – are something we tend to associate with younger children. But John recalls one memorable occasion when he found out … Read 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, which had a swimming pool … Read 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 some new clothes – and a very sore bottom from … Read 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 mother-of-five, who lived in Derby, was also a grandmother … Read 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 night, I attended a Junior Club there. It … Read 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 older sister was … Read more

Pooing my pants

My mum was a stickler for cleanliness, especially in matters of personal hygiene. If, while doing the laundry, she came across a pair of my underpants which had skid marks … Read 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 this job, he kept an old leather tool belt, which was … Read 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 out shopping for … Read more

Spankings come home

When I started at school, up till second grade mild forms of corporal punishment were still allowed. If you misbehaved enough, you were sent to the principal if you were … Read 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 conversations that I received corporal punishment before then. My … Read more

The Housemother (audio)

The Housemother, sometimes known as the Matron, has played a prominent role in looking after British boarding school children down the years – and her responsibilities have often included the … Read more

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