Getting even
My twin sister Jenny and I were well-behaved kids, but of course we occasionally did something wrong and suffered the co… more
Toying with danger
It was the 50s, and I was five – an only child living in an apartment with my parents. One summer’s day, my mother dec… more
Show and tell
The first time I ever remember being smacked by anyone other than my mum was when I was seven years old. My sister Jennifer … more
Feeling sick
I was six and a half years old when my parents went to Florida to visit a sick member of the family. They left me with ‘… more
My great aunt
I was staying with my great aunt after my parents left for France. She was an old, sour woman with no tolerance for disobed… more
Report card
I grew up in a small town south of Chicago. My best friend in the whole world was the girl next door, Laura. Laura and I playe… more
Trip to the bathroom
When I was really young, about five years old, I attended kindergarten at my neighbourhood public school. Now, I’… more
Teasing Debra
When I was at school, I was a good boy and rarely got into any kind of trouble. One day, however, I was playing with my friend … more
The price of lying
When I was in the second grade, it was fairly common for a child to be paddled for wrongdoing.
Well, one time I lied to a teac… more
First tawsing
I started to attend a local infants school, at the age of five, in 1951. I was generally well behaved but was occasionally … more
Ms Lucille’s method
In the 1946-47 school year, going to the city schools in the Upper South, my second grade teacher was Ms Lucille, who happ… more
Paddled in the hallway
When I was a kid (in the early 60s), I got some occasional tastes of maternal discipline. They were invariably the tradit… more
Mother’s wooden spoon
In my house, in the 1970s, a spanking was a pretty common occurrence. My mother stayed at home to raise her t… more
Well swatted
I grew up in a typical middle-class 1960s household in the midwest, the middle child in a three-daughter family. When we … more
Summer memory
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
Old time religion
When I was in third grade, my family started attending a semi-fundamentalist protestant church. At this point I was eig… more
Cleaning out the poison
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
Playing with the hose
I’ve read a number of stories on your site about people who had corner time after being spanked. My house was diffe… more
Family routine
In a previous contribution, I wrote about how my mother would wash my mouth out with soap when bad language was a problem. … more
Corner time
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
Wandering off
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
Shoplifting punishment
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
Grace and favour
Approaching my second year at university, I was really stuck as to accommodation. A planned house share had fallen thro… more
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
In the woods with Anne
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
Choosing a spanking
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
Staying with Debbie
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
My Aunt Joanne
This is my first story about a childhood in which I was punished frequently, but always lovingly and fairly.
This was a re… more
Smacked at last
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
Wetting my pants
My story begins in elementary school in the north east of the US. My parents weren’t much for handing out punishme… more
Matrons remembered
The following is an exchange between two contributors to the long-defunct Maman mailing list, regarding that formida… more
Set straight
All of my school life, I was an enthusiastic and bright student. I loved and respected my teachers, and felt respected an… more
Lesson learned
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
Spanked for skipping
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
Not so cool
Spankings were a part of my upbringing from my first memories as a little girl until I graduated from high school. Both at … more