Sister Rose’s yardstick
As a Catholic schoolgirl of the 50s, I was introduced to Sister Rose and the yardstick in seventh grade.
The first day of t… more
Three for the strap
I want to tell you about how my Aunt Jenny (whom I was living with full time) gave me and my cousins a severe spanking with th… more
A mother remembers
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
Smacked at the school gates
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
The cowhide
In the late 1950s until the early 1960s, we lived in Uganda. We were not wealthy people and so while we lived in Scotland, w… more
Picking a spanking
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
The cane at bedtime
You may have read The Slipper at Bedtime, which described a slippering I and my best friend James got from my mum when we e… more
The slipper at bedtime
I remember many spankings while I was growing up. Mother always carried them out. Pants were removed, I had to bend over a… more
On the bare bottom
In a previous contribution to Maman, questions were raised as to whether mothers spank their children on the bare botto… more
Indelible memory
I can remember, when I was about 10 or 11, having two or possibly three spankings in one week.
I think the first was at the we… more
Worse than a spanking
When I was growing up, there was one punishment worse than a spanking. It was reserved for the pet peeve of my mother – if sh… more
Losing track of time
I am a mother who raised children in the 1970s and firmly believed in the use of a spanking to set young minds straight. I th… more
On the beach
I have few memories of being five, but this particular day at the beach is recalled in part in vivid detail.
Being a city bo… more
Introduction to the birch
I grew up in the 60s on the south coast of Norway, a part of the country which is sometimes called the Bible Belt.
My mother w… more
The medicine
Growing up in rural Carolina in the 1970s meant a taste of ‘paddle medicine’ from the teacher for misbehav… more
Old Lady Kellar
My most memorable spanking was when I was 13. I lived alone with my mother and she would never dare to do it to me.
One aftern… more
Punished by my sister
My sister and I are now in our early 30s. We grew up during a time when corporal punishment was still an approved form of dis… more
Erica the babysitter
When I was about nine or 10, my parents left for a night and got us a babysitter named Erica. She seemed to think that anythi… more
Being rude to mother
When I was about 12, I remember my brother had his friend round for the day. I always hated this because I was always one for … more
Roadside spanking
Did anyone else ever go on a road trip with their parents, and do something that made their mother or father so annoyed tha… more
Mommy’s helper
I remember being at church one Sunday when I was five or six. My mother was a volunteer in one of the children’s acti… more
At the supermarket
I grew up in the usual middle-class suburban family. I had two siblings.
My father very rarely spanked us, and when he did … more
Water and hairbrush
My brother, who was two years older, and I got spanked once in a water-related escapade.
We had come home from school and w… more
Susan’s belt
I grew up from grade school to high school with my good friend Marty. Marty was the class clown at school, but at home his mo… more
Strapped for fighting
In September, I started grade one at Alexandra School. I had a big crush on my teacher, Miss Thompson, and I worked hard to … more
The broken mirror
In the winter of 1975, I was a little girl of seven years old and my grandfather on my mom’s side had just passed away… more
Up on the roof
My parents were the greatest. They treated my sisters and I with love and tenderness. We had a wonderful life and all have … more
The coat room
When I was in second grade, I attended a school that allowed the students to be paddled. It was always done at the Principa… more
The school nurse
Some 50 years ago, when I was in the second grade, about the middle of the morning I had a mild tummy ache. I went and told the … more
Sobering up
My family always believed in corporal punishment but the most memorable punishment I ever received occurred at my Aunt … more
Skinned and slippered
In my junior school in the late 50s, corporal punishment was in use for various offences, by all the teachers, but the mos… more
The present
Unfortunately for me, my parents were not opposed to baring naughty bottoms, should the behaviour warrant it. They bel… more
Lying means a spanking
This happened when I was about 10 or11 years old. I had asked my mom if I could go out to play with my friend Thomas. She said &… more
Spanking the twins
At the age of 17, in the early 60s, I was frequently earning money as a babysitter.
There was one family which I doubt I will … more