In my house, in the 1970s, a spanking was a pretty common occurrence.  My mother stayed at home to raise her t… more

I grew up in a typical middle-class 1960s household in the midwest, the middle child in a three-daughter family. When we … more

My brother and I actually did not receive many spankings – but I will never forget the one we got in the summer of 1991.

Each … more

When I was in third grade, my family started attending a semi-fundamentalist protestant church. At this point I was eig… more

I guess I was about eight, and very proud of myself – I had smoked two of my brother’s cigarettes and gotten away wit… more

I’ve read a number of stories on your site about people who had corner time after being spanked. My house was diffe… more

In a previous contribution, I wrote about how my mother would wash my mouth out with soap when bad language was a problem. … more

I’m an adult now but as a girl and teen, I was subject to my mother’s strict discipline. Mother was an expert … more

It was a nice, warm summer’s day and my mother and I were at the zoo as a special treat for my birthday. I was turning f… more

I was the 13-year-old only child of well-to-do parents living in a small Canadian city. They were well respected, promi… more

Approaching my second year at university, I was really stuck as to accommodation. A planned house share had fallen thro… 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

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

In a previous contribution to Maman, questions were raised as to whether mothers spank their children on the bare botto… more