The copycats (audio)

Impressionable and imaginative children often get up to the same mischief they read about in comics or see on television. But such copycat behaviour earned both Matthew and his sister … Read more

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. My friend Valerie and … Read 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 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

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