Matrons remembered
The following is an exchange between two contributors to the long-defunct Maman mailing list, regarding that formidable figure, the prep school matron… Ian: Sean, You left me wondering if we had … Read more
Set straight
All of my school life, I was an enthusiastic and bright student. I loved and respected my teachers, and felt respected and cared for by them as well. I was … Read 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 attractive woman named Mrs Nielson. One day … Read 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 to us. We were normally very well … Read 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 home and at the private school I … Read more
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 the school year, Sister Rose left us … Read 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 the strap. At the … Read 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 stepdaughters (19 and 21). The … Read 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 up and my knickers down for … Read 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, we certainly never had any household … Read 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 some flowers, and she, quite rightly, dragged … Read 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 emptied feathers from a pillow all over … Read 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 and the slipper would whack down across my … Read more
On the bare bottom
In a previous contribution to Maman, questions were raised as to whether mothers spank their children on the bare bottom, and in what positions. My first-hand knowledge of this dates … Read 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 weekend, after we – … Read 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 she heard a bad word … Read 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 think that it did my … Read 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 boy, it was rare that my … Read 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 was in charge of … Read more
The medicine
Growing up in rural Carolina in the 1970s meant a taste of ‘paddle medicine’ from the teacher for misbehaviour. Somehow my friend Chad and I had survived six years without … Read 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 afternoon, some girls and … Read 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 discipline. We have vague memories … Read 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 anything I did was insulting … Read 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 attention-seeking. That day I … Read 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 that they pulled the car off the … Read 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 activity rooms that day. While she was … Read 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 you barely felt it. My mother, on … Read 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 were going out to a church dinner … Read 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 mother Susan was a strict … Read 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 be first in her class, but … Read 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. Mother inherited an antique mirror … Read 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 gone on to be success stories in … Read 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 Principal’s office and never in public. I … Read 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 teacher and … Read more