The spelling test
I was never very good at spelling – and that lack of ability led to my first and only school paddling, back in the 1980s.
I wa… more
Do you want a smack bottom?
I grew up in Britain in the 1970s, and my mum thought nothing about taking down my trousers and pants (or those of my little … more
Black bottomed girl
I met Omolade [name changed – Ed] at university – we were both studying history of art at Cambridge. She was Nigeri… more
Listening to punishment (audio)
A former school secretary offers us a slice of British school life from the 1960s – and recalls the many occasions when sh… more
Smacks and questions (audio)
When Darren went to stay with a friend’s family for a few days, he witnessed two sore bottoms – and then faced an emb… more
Mad about the boy (audio)
When boys discover girls and vice versa, their sexual attraction is often tied up with the intimacy of the corporal puni… more
The magazine (audio)
In the days before the internet, often our first exposure to pornography would be through the medium of a grubby magazin… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter VIII
PROPER FORM OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
By this time the reader knows that the form of corporal punishment advocated by me is … more
The fight about the car
When I was young, I got my bottom spanked by my mother pretty regularly. She kept a paddle for her children’s bare b… more
Learning to smack
I got my first babysitting job when I was just 14, and gave my first spanking about a month after I first started looking af… more
Chatterbox chastised
I was a real chatterbox in school, particularly during my primary years, and my talking in class frequently got me into t… more
Spanked on our periods (audio)
Back in the days when spanking of even older children was common, for girls there was one time to be punished that was wors… more
My first time as a mother (audio)
Natalie remembers how she despaired at her young daughter’s bad behaviour – until she took the spanking spoon up… more
Coitus interruptus (audio)
All of us who arrived on this planet only got there one way – your mom and dad fucking. For most of us, knowing your parents &… more
How strict are yours? (audio)
When William was seven, his parents decided to get a cane for him and his little brother. Here, he relates his experience… more
A visit from Aunt Nicky
When I was 10 and my brother Brian seven, our mother was taken very poorly with glandular fever. If you’ve ever had … more
Asking for it
During the early 70s in London, I was part of a hard-core group of six children who gathered regularly on the edge of the pa… more
Mothers Talking: Leah
Leah is a mother of two girls living in Durban, South Africa. At the time of this interview, her daughters were aged nine a… more
Smacked bottom games
During the 1970s, when I was growing up, a smacked bottom was such a routine punishment for a naughty youngster that we ch… more
Too hot to handle
One morning, when I was 10 years old, I had a school test I hadn’t revised for. My lack of application to my school wo… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter VII
EARLY PUNISHMENT
‘Better the child cry, than the old man.”… more
Making bottoms smoke
I grew up in the 1960s in the English town of Walsall, in the West Midlands. Back then, Walsall was a hugely important cent… more
Spare the Rod: Ann Landers on The Spanking Parent
Esther ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918-2002) better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice colu… more
The poor little cripple boy
It’s funny the ideas you get as a child. We were on holiday in the British seaside resort of Scarborough, and I was f… more
Sweet – and bitter
One morning, as he came out of the shower, my son was startled to find me sitting cross-legged on the edge of his bed.
He app… more
Mothers say yes to spanking
An informal reader poll by the Madera Tribune in 1950 found, perhaps not surprisingly, that mothers were in favour of co… more
Letter from a strict mother
We tend to think of the current stormy debate about spanking children as something new, but the truth is, the practice ha… more
A spanking from my godmother
When I was 10 years old, my mom had been gone for about two years and my dad was just starting to date the woman who would beco… more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter VI
AUTHOR’S CONVICTION
“Wouldst thou advise in all sincerity? Then, first, convince thyself.”… more
First time for the twins (audio)
There comes a time when a mum realises her young child is ready for their first smacked bottom. Elsie recalls this moment … more
A heap of trouble (audio)
In this sweet account from her kindergarten days, Hannah recalls a smacked bottom she received from her teacher for dis… more
Mothers Talking: Sheila
Sheila is a widowed English mother of three who by the time of this interview was also a grandmother. She talked frankly t… more
The little girl next door
I think I’d be about nine when Ginny and her family moved in next door to us. She was two years younger than me, and fo… more
Double whooping at camp
The summer when I was 13 was a great one – I spent nearly every waking hour with my best friend Katie. We mostly hung out at my … more
Two doses of the cane
When I was growing up in South Africa, during the 1960s, the cane was in widespread use for corporal punishment. Not only … more
Correction That Corrects: Chapter V
WHY CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS CONDEMNED
‘What is there that has not been abused by the malic or unworthiness of man?’… more