The Spanking Mum: A dismal failure
It was in 1949 that Dr Benjamin Spock published the first edition of Baby and Child Care – the book widely accepted as a wat… more
Orthodox discipline
I grew up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1970s. A few houses away from us lived my aunt, my mother’s … more
The Spanking Mum: Bare necessities
OK, so here comes a difficult one. I know that many parents who are happy to endorse the occasional moderate spanking hav… more
Biting back
I love your website! I’m 35 years old and have one daughter, who has just turned nine. Even though corporal punis… more
The jam spoon
This is one of the many memories I have of growing up in a normal Catholic family in Ireland in the early 1990s. Neither my o… more
Mothers Talking: Betty (audio)
Betty lives in Arizona and at the time of the interview, her two daughters were aged nine and ten, and she also had a ten-ye… more
A doubly good hiding
Some of you may have already read my contribution to the Mothers Talking series – I’d like now to tell you about the … more
The Spanking Mum: A dirty business
As a parent (and, perhaps, particularly as a mother), you become surprisingly and quickly inured to the least glamouro… more
Coitus interruptus
I guess quite a few kids have walked in on their parents having sex. I was unlucky enough to be spanked for it, however.
I wa… more
Mothers Talking: Lauren
Lauren may already be familiar to some of Maman’s readers thanks to her reminiscences about spankings she recei… more
The judge’s daughter
I appreciate that many of your correspondents consider they had strict parents growing up – but try having a high court j… more
A touch of mercy
One of my most vivid memories of being spanked happened a few weeks after I turned seven.
It was a warm, late summer day and … more
Wetting our pants
The following conversation was found somewhere on the web some years ago – a group of now young women discussing memorie… more
The Spanking Mum: Tools for the job
Some time ago, a young UK mother-of two named Louise published a series of comment pieces about family discipline in a bl… more
Mothers Talking: Beryl
Beryl is a 68-year-old retired nanny living in the Lancashire region of the UK. Aside from the many children of other fam… more
Mothers Talking: Mary
Mary is a mother of three children. At the time of this interview, her son was 12 and her two daughters 14 and 15 respective… more
The Smoking Club
I had a very brief stint as a smoker – it started when I was 13 and ended around a week later. I went to a mixed grammar school i… more
The Housemother
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, I attended a boarding school in the Midlands region of England, close to the Cheshire b… more
Mothers Talking: Betty
Betty is a mother of three from Arizona. At the time of interview, her two daughters were aged nine and ten, and she also ha… more
Cuddling up
I have always been drawn to maternal authority figures. As a child, I always delighted in being obedient for my mother an… more
The family paddle
I grew up in Texas during the 1960s, and my parents were traditional Southern Baptists. Life for me and my brothers and s… more
Gums, tums and bums
When I was a boy, during the 1960s, my favourite sweets were Rowntrees Fruit Gums. They came in two types – the small, pill… more
Mothers Talking: Imogen
Imogen is a 60-year-old English grandmother. She has just the one son, Michael, who was no stranger to a sore bottom duri… more
The naked truth
The most embarrassing punishment I ever received happened when I was 11 years old. At the time. my mother, nine-year-ol… more
A heap of trouble
I think I must have been around six years old and in my kindergarten class. It was winter time and I was wearing pantyhose u… more
The crying pillow
I was raised with the Canadian school strap across my bottom. My mom had been a teacher before starting her family and bro… more
A different colour
I have been reading through many of your stories and find it very interesting to learn about how others were raise… more
Sliding into trouble
I was ten years old, and beginning to get curious about girls. I mention this in advance as a bit of a defence, as thereR… more
After my paddling
I’ve already told you how I got paddled for passing notes in class – this is the story about what happened when I got … more
My sister’s bad report
Back in the 1950s, we used to catch the bus to and from school. On this particular day I’m recalling, there were dec… more
A paddling to note
This happened when I was in eighth grade, which would be in the mid-1980s. I was 13. I’ve changed the teachersR… more
My mom’s hands
I’m always fascinated by the detailed accounts on your website, because I think in truth many of us who grew up wit… more
Mothers Talking: Andrea
Andrea is an American mother living in a small, rural town. She has two daughters, who at the time of interview were aged e… more
The purple Mongol pencil
When I was 10 years old, I was extremely fond of the old radio shows that came on late on Sunday afternoons – The Shadow, Inn… more
My first time as a mother
You have a lot of stories on your website which are told from the child’s perspective [to be absolutely accurate, … more
The hair-do
The youngest memory I have is a short one. I cannot tell you how old I was, but my mother said I was very little – a young three… more