It was a beautiful Sunday morning in the middle of summer. The previous Saturday, all of the kids got together to build a f… more

I was spanked throughout my young life by my mother. I grew up just at the time when most parents still spanked their kids, … more

This incident happened when I was about 10 years old and my brother Robbie was eight. We were close in age and always fight… more

Although I’m almost 60 now, I can still clearly remember an evening in the Iowa wintertime when I was a 13-year-ol… more

When I was a little girl, my mother took me to the doctors for my annual check-up. At the end of the check-up the doctor gave … more

In the 1960s, I was re-united with my best friend from grade school. By that time, Susan and her husband had three sons. Th… more

I have some fond memories of being spanked during my childhood in the 80s. I was generally a good kid and got along with my p… more

I grew up in the 60s and 70s and spanking was the way to discipline in our house. My stepmom was a firm believer that spankin… more

Up until the age of about 12, my mother would spank me over her knee with a slipper; hard enough to really make me howl.

Howe… more

I was brought up in tropical Queensland, Australia, far removed from most of the trappings of ‘civilisation… more

My younger brother and I were brought up in a small village in England back in the 1970s. Our parents were very old-fashio… more

My brother Steve was 11 and I was nine when we got our first spankings in our grandparents’ bedroom, at their small… more

I was spanked quite often in front of company – ‘misbehave in front of company and you’ll get spanked in fro… more

I don’t know how my parents put up with me when I was a child – I was a real little brat. In fact, sometimes they didn&#… more

I can’t believe I’m actually telling someone this story! Although this happened a good 40 years ago, I can … more

Your correspondent Mike reminded me of my mother’s use of language when it came to matters of discipline. I was al… more

Looking back at my childhood, I sometimes wonder how I was ever able to sit down. I guess it’s because my mother had … more

My sad tale began when I decided to take my two-stroke motorcycle for a spin around the block.

I had been told before not to … more

Back in the mid 1950s, I was a schoolboy living with my parents and a sister and brother in suburban Philadelphia. At the t… more

I was the youngest of five children who grew up in a loving but strict Catholic household in Ireland. Like most Catholics… more

This is from my childhood in Scandinavia in the late 60s/early 70s, and is my recollection of my first bare bottom spanki… more

You may recall the spanking I told you about back in my previous story. I was caught playing on the railway line and Mum gav… more

I am the son of a mother who believed whole heartedly in smacking naughty children’s bottoms. Although painful, … more

Until recently, I had pretty much concluded that traditional parenting methods had gone the way of the dinosaur, as tod… more

I think I must have been a fairly difficult child, because I can remember clearly the day when I said something that irrit… more