Jane’s cane
It is now 50 years ago that I visited an aunt with my mother. On arrival, we were shown into the dining room and my aunt apolo… more
Sarah’s first time
Being raised in the 1970s, our mum was a big believer in ‘smacked bottoms’ (no-one I knew ever called them s… more
Stepsister
My most memorable and embarrassing spanking was when I was 11. My mom and step dad were going out to dinner at some fancy re… more
Potty training
My mom had to raise me on her own for the first few years of my life. Working two jobs was pretty rough on her and she hardly ha… more
Over Mrs Johnson’s knee
While I was spanked numerous times as a child, this one stands out as perhaps the most unusual incident.
I was 10 years old … more
Memories of the slipper
I was just approaching nine years old and had finished my second year at prep school. My brother had gone off to scout camp … more
Mrs Tranter
As a lad who grew up in the early 60s in Stoke-on-Trent, England, I was no stranger to the odd swipe across the face or backs… more
Crying before a smacking
When I was a child, I was a bit of a softy. If I was to be spanked, I would be in tears before the punishment was administered.… more
Colour my world
When I was about 10, we used to have one afternoon where our form teacher would read stories to us. We would all sit around h… more
In hot water
My parents were decent people who believed in children being raised in the proper manner. We were well loved and they gav… more
Seeing Simon
When I was 13, I became friends with another boy in my village who was two years younger. As was not uncommon at the time, we … more
Asking for a smacked bottom
In my day and age, if a child was naughty, the inevitable response from an adult was: “Somebody is asking for a smacked bot… more
Gentle reminder
Although it was long ago, I still remember my fourth grade teacher, Mrs Redman.
She was just out of college and the most be… more
Shouldn’t have said that!
I attended a small private high school in the south during the 70s where corporal punishment was the preferred method of … more
Introduction to the cane
I was brought up in the 60s and 70s and at that time, parents generally were a good deal stricter with their kids than they a… more
Dirty children
Growing up in the 70s, my parents always gave a wonderful tanning to my brothers and sister but never me – I was almost alwa… more
Aunty Janet
We had an ‘aunty’ who was really a young work colleague of dad’s, whom our family befriended. We lov… more
Smackings in class
I went to school in England in the early 1960s, at a time when corporal punishment was very common. I was beaten quite freq… more
Shona’s knickers
My mother was a schoolmistress in a small village primary school in Scotland in the 1950s, when the tawse was considered … more
Bare-bottomed slippering
I attended a boys’ grammar school in the North of England in the 1960s. Corporal punishment was widely used. Most … more
Smacked by Betty
Betty was our matriarch; at 13, I think, a year older than me.
We used to go for long, innocent walks on Sunday mornings. Wh… more
Something better change
I lived in New Jersey all my life. I had a younger sister named Alex. At the time this happened, she was 9 and I was 13, in 1962… more