I grew up in the 70s, in a surprisingly conservative and ‘Cleaver-like’ home for the times. There were fiv… more

One morning when I was eight, mom decided to take me and my younger sister shopping for a new dress. I was extremely excite… more

My parents were always respectful of me and my sisters, and expected the same in return. We had a good life and our parents … more

Both of my parents, especially my Mum, were lovely and broadminded – but they also believed that a stern punishment shou… more

I was no stranger to spankings as a kid. Whenever I misbehaved in any manner, I could expect a spanking from my mom. She wou… more

I grew up in the early 50s when spankings were to be expected in the process of raising children. I lived with my mother and … more

As I was growing up, I received many spankings. The one I remember the most happened was when I was six years old.

I had a fri… more

When I was little, my parents were very, very big on spankings. My dad would usually take me to his room and give me a good wh… more

Many years ago, when I was nine years old, I stole a yo-yo from a variety store – then lied to my mother about it. She gave me t… more

When I was growing up in the 50s, spankings were common and my siblings and I knew that if we disobeyed, we were spanked. I r… more

I was often spanked as a young boy, but one of the worst punishments I can remember was the day I had some friends over to pla… more

My mother was one who believed in physical punishments. In our house, this gradually became the standard remedy for any … more

In the late 1940s it was common practice to punish children with spanking – yet by the age of nine I never had gotten one. My … more

When I was growing up in the late 70s and early 80s, spanking had somewhat gone out of vogue. Many parents, including mine… more

Our mum had a hard hand, and was a firm believer in using it on her children’s bare bottoms when she felt they had des… more

Back in the 1960s, spanking was much more common. My most memorable was when my younger brother and I had misbehaved.

Mum … more

I am now 36, and grew up in the south of England in the 60s. This is the only incident of corporal punishment I can now recall… more

As children, when we were naughty mother would take us across her lap for a spanking using her bare hand. The ritual was al… more

I can remember very vividly one of the last spankings I got from my mom.  I was about 13 years old and hadn’t been spa… more

I was spanked a great deal as a child but unfortunately have forgotten nearly all of them in any specific detail. However… more

I would never have been accused of being a great athlete – but during the long hot summer days of my youth I was never withou… more

I remember getting spanked several times while a young boy – but one particular incident stands out more than others in m… more

From a 1970 copy of Forum magazine

I have followed with very great interest the correspondence in your magazine on corpo… more

The most memorable spanking that I remember was after my 16th birthday. I truly thought that I was an adult. The only thin… more