Staying with Aunt Joyce
About two weeks after my 17th birthday, I went to visit with my Aunt Joyce in Alabama. I was to stay with her for one month an… more
About two weeks after my 17th birthday, I went to visit with my Aunt Joyce in Alabama. I was to stay with her for one month an… more
When I was young, my friends and I would occasionally get into trouble, but most of the time we were good boys. However, th… more
My mother believed in firm and strict discipline. At first, she seemed to prefer the ‘instant response’ s… more
I grew up in the 1950s, when Britain’s canal network was still a place of work rather than a holiday destination. A … more
Mealtimes were the cause for most of the friction between my mother and I as a boy. I was a fussy eater, you see, and whined i… more
I am reminded of an incident that took place when I was 13 years old and in the seventh grade. The biggest movie craze at the … more
A the time of writing, I’m 42 years old. I have two grown-up daughters (20 and 22) and two grown-up stepdaughters (… more
This extract from The American Home (now Better Homes and Gardens) of April 1948 was kindly sent to us by an anonymous con… more
I’m not sure how old I was when the following took place – I’d guess eight, give or take a year. Mom was baking … more
I was just an eight-year-old little girl at the time when my mother and father took and evening out and I was to be babysat b… more
During my childhood I were three babysitters, all very different from each other, who spanked me – two of them especiall… more
This story happened when I was in the third grade. We had just moved from Atlanta to south Georgia, and Mrs Dixon was my new … more
The one and only spanking I received at school was in the fourth grade. I had a very stern teacher, Mrs Price – an old fashio… more
When I was 10 (in the early 1970s), my best friend Craig and I got up to all sorts of adventures in the countryside surround… more
This event happened when I was about four. I was being watched by Becky – she was an average size woman in her mid 20s.
On thi… more
I’m a mother of two boys, both now adults, and both regularly felt the back of my hand growing up. However, what I wa… more
I guess I was a fairly typical six-year-old – full of energy and trouble. My mother often left me in the care of a neighbour… more
I have already related how my sister Tina smacked my bottom for rummaging through her underwear drawer. Now, I would lik… more
I was 10 and it was the start of the Christmas holidays. The weather was foul and I was bored because my friends weren̵… more
When I was four years old, we lived in a quiet suburb outside of Chicago called Oak Lawn. My best friend Tommy lived across … more
I grew up in Scotland in the 1950s and 60s and like a lot of Scottish boys, I always wore bottle green school knickers under … more
I remember the first and only spanking I ever received from our neighbour, Mrs Gardner. I was 13 at the time. My friends an… more
When I was 14, my parents went to Turkey for three months during the summer in connection with my father’s business. I was … more
When my brother and I were aged eight and 10, we went on holiday with my parents to Hawaii. With my father being a pilot, we g… more
For me, from the age of about seven to 13 or so, school uniform and maternal punishment were heavily associated.
My mothe… more
I was not used to being spanked when I was a young kid. On those rare occasions, my mother would grab my arm and place one or t… more
Getting spanked on the bare behind was nothing new to me. My mom was one of those parents who felt that a good spanking was j… more
When I was about 13 or 14 years old, my parents decided to send me to a baby sitter – but it was a sitter where you would have to … more
By the time we were in the fifth grade, we were taught music in a very formal way in the private school I attended.
I recall s… more
I am the younger of two children and we grew up in a small town in Georgia during the 1980s. Our parents were firm believers … more
Janine and I had been going out for a couple of months. I was 15, she a little less than a year younger. Although both awash w… more
I was in the third year at my primary school in the early 1950s, approaching my eighth birthday, long before the politica… more
Mom was rather strict. She was a firm believer in ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’. Her chosen instrumen… more
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