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
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
My parents were decent people who believed in children being raised in the proper manner. We were well loved and they gav… more
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
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
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
I attended a small private high school in the south during the 70s where corporal punishment was the preferred method of … more
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
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
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
My mother was a schoolmistress in a small village primary school in Scotland in the 1950s, when the tawse was considered … more
I attended a boys’ grammar school in the North of England in the 1960s. Corporal punishment was widely used. Most … more
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
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
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