I was adopted at an early age by my aunt, who came from Scotland. She emigrated with a view of furthering her education and … more

I turned up at least once a week to do odd jobs for my classmate’s mother. Each week she paid me – but only after going … more

When in Rome, do as the Romans do, they used to say. Well, when you’re a kid and you go to the Deep South, do as the Sout… more

I was around the age of 14 years old, and down the street from me lived a family in a small house;  the type where you can tell … more

Many years ago, when I was a young boy, I remember having a lot of fun visiting my cousin Mary, who was two years younger tha… more

I was nine years old and at primary school. I had just discovered swear words and was using them liberally. Too liberally … more

I was ‘lucky’ enough to be schooled in Alabama, in the southern US, which in the mid-70s was very paddle-fr… more

One the most memorable spankings in my mind is one that I was not a part of, lucky for me. It was in 1968, when I was in third gr… more

I wish to relate my childhood recollections, mainly regarding clothing. I attended the local infant school from age fo… more

In 1954 I was 12 and living in Liverpool with my mother and sister, who was 11. My father had been killed in the last week of t… more

When I was in fourth grade kids were still spanked, and pretty hard too. This story pertains to my teacher, Miss Stanton. … more

The worst spanking I ever got was in school. It happened one morning when I was in the sixth grade. I was in Mrs White’… more

I was spanked numerous times as a youth. My earliest recollection is when I was in the first grade. I was sent to Mrs Helen … more

On the subject of mothers who spank, your readers may be interested in an account of my own family life in England during t… more

My parents administered corporal punishment to me rarely when I was a child – but there was a time, when I was around six ye… more

When I was a kid, my best friend was a boy named Alan. He lived across the street and came from a family of nine – good Catholi… more

One of the worst spankings I ever had came when I was 13. I knew I was too old for a babysitter, but my mom insisted as she woul… more

John and Elizabeth Newson were a husband and wife team of psychologists who undertook an extensive study of child devel… more

When I was seven, my mom took me to the zoo. When we were looking at some animals, I saw a donkey. I had heard my brother use th… more

My mother never spanked me on the bare bottom. I always was allowed to keep my underpants on. Mom mostly used a wooden spoo… more

As a child, I was often taken across my mother’s knee for a spanking. It was the natural consequence of being naugh… more

One of the interesting aspects of reading ‘spanking literature’ is to note the differences in the langua… more

After the time I observed the punishment of my sister Jenny with the plastic flyswatter, I was well aware of the fact that … more

I remember once witnessing a punishment given to my older sister Jenny. At the time it occurred, she was 13 years old and I … more

My brother and sister and I fought like cats and dogs most of the time. How our parents endured it, I’ll never know. … more

I was brought up in a small town in the north of Scotland with my two sisters. From time to time, we all suffered the embarra… more

This happened when I was almost 14 years old. I had never been spanked as a young child – well, certainly not with my jeans a… more

I was six and it had not been a great day. I find it interesting now to look back on this experience and realise it was the fir… more

I grew up in a home that wasn’t short of discipline. Almost weekly, I ended up over my mother’s knee for bare … more

Once – I must have been about 10 at the time – we (my parents, one of my brothers and I) spent a Sunday at a friends’ cou… more

I was never spanked as a child until I turned seven. I didn’t even really understand what a spanking was, except fr… more