Not on the hand
The school my mother sent me to was one of the few to continue using corporal punishment right up to the complete ban by the … more
A quick dip
I grew up in Florida in the late 70s. At this point in time, spankings were not expected but still common. I was in the 6th gr… more
A firm hand
When I was nine or 10, I was something of a brat – but my mom hadn’t spanked me in a couple of years. Then one day, somet… more
The barber shop
My mother was a barber back in the late 60s and early 70s. On weekends, as a small girl, I would go with her to help. She had a n… more
Paddling procedure
I went to a high school where getting swats was common – and males and females were treated the same.
While the vice-princ… more
Thieves for a spanking
When I was about eight, I used to go to a shop to buy sweets after school, usually with my friend David. The woman who ran the … more
Turned around
I was raised as an only child and my mother always tried to be more of a friend than a mother. By the age of 13, I had become unr… more
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