Staying at Sue’s
When I was about seven years old, I stayed at my friend’s place for two weeks.
My friend, Sue, wet the bed and her mum … more
When I was about seven years old, I stayed at my friend’s place for two weeks.
My friend, Sue, wet the bed and her mum … more
One summer afternoon, when I was a skinny boy of 15, I took my sister Anne (who was 13 at the time) to one of our secret hideou… more
When I was 10 years old, I stole a half pack of cigarettes from my mother. I walked to the yard of our neighbour, Miss Foley, … more
When I was nine, my sister and went to live with my second cousin while my mother was going through some hard times.
Debbie … more
This is my first story about a childhood in which I was punished frequently, but always lovingly and fairly.
This was a re… more
When I was 11 years old I moved to a new school. My new teacher was called Miss Cawthorne. She was a tall, well-dressed lady … more
My story begins in elementary school in the north east of the US. My parents weren’t much for handing out punishme… more
The following is an exchange between two contributors to the long-defunct Maman mailing list, regarding that formida… more
All of my school life, I was an enthusiastic and bright student. I loved and respected my teachers, and felt respected an… more
I grew up in the southeastern United States in the 60s and 70s. My math-science teacher in seventh grade was a young and at… more
In seventh grade, my friend Kelly and I had PE together. Neither of us was the atheletic type, so it was somewhat torture t… more
Spankings were a part of my upbringing from my first memories as a little girl until I graduated from high school. Both at … more
As a Catholic schoolgirl of the 50s, I was introduced to Sister Rose and the yardstick in seventh grade.
The first day of t… more
I want to tell you about how my Aunt Jenny (whom I was living with full time) gave me and my cousins a severe spanking with th… more
My name is Jennifer and I’m 42 years old. I have two grown-up daughters (20 and 22 at the time of writing) and two grown-up s… more
I grew up in the 1980s and discipline was very simple. If I misbehaved, I would find myself across my mum’s knee, my skirt u… more
In the late 1950s until the early 1960s, we lived in Uganda. We were not wealthy people and so while we lived in Scotland, w… more
One episode clearly sticks in my mind when I was eight years old. I had gone into a neighbour’s garden and pulled up … more
You may have read The Slipper at Bedtime, which described a slippering I and my best friend James got from my mum when we e… more
I remember many spankings while I was growing up. Mother always carried them out. Pants were removed, I had to bend over a… more
In a previous contribution to Maman, questions were raised as to whether mothers spank their children on the bare botto… more
I can remember, when I was about 10 or 11, having two or possibly three spankings in one week.
I think the first was at the we… more
When I was growing up, there was one punishment worse than a spanking. It was reserved for the pet peeve of my mother – if sh… more
I am a mother who raised children in the 1970s and firmly believed in the use of a spanking to set young minds straight. I th… more
I have few memories of being five, but this particular day at the beach is recalled in part in vivid detail.
Being a city bo… more
I grew up in the 60s on the south coast of Norway, a part of the country which is sometimes called the Bible Belt.
My mother w… more
Growing up in rural Carolina in the 1970s meant a taste of ‘paddle medicine’ from the teacher for misbehav… more
My most memorable spanking was when I was 13. I lived alone with my mother and she would never dare to do it to me.
One aftern… more
My sister and I are now in our early 30s. We grew up during a time when corporal punishment was still an approved form of dis… more
When I was about nine or 10, my parents left for a night and got us a babysitter named Erica. She seemed to think that anythi… more
When I was about 12, I remember my brother had his friend round for the day. I always hated this because I was always one for … more
Did anyone else ever go on a road trip with their parents, and do something that made their mother or father so annoyed tha… more
I remember being at church one Sunday when I was five or six. My mother was a volunteer in one of the children’s acti… more
I grew up in the usual middle-class suburban family. I had two siblings.
My father very rarely spanked us, and when he did … more
My brother, who was two years older, and I got spanked once in a water-related escapade.
We had come home from school and w… more
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