My younger brother and I were brought up in a small village in England back in the 1970s. Our parents were very old-fashioned in outlook and were also extremely strict with both of us, although discipline itself was carried out almost exclusively by mother. The environment of our upbringing was very protective – perhaps too […]
The secret’s out
Up until the age of about 12, my mother would spank me over her knee with a slipper; hard enough to really make me howl. However, after that age my parents felt I was too old for an over-the-knee slippering, so they would on very rare occasions cane me. I’d have to bend over the […]
His mom does spank!
When I was about eight years old, my best friend Johnny and I did everything with each other – shoot baskets in the driveway, play catch in the backyard and ride our bikes until the rubber came off the wheels. We also got in trouble together, for typical mischief. Usually, when, that happened our parents […]
Vicks – or else
Although I’m almost 60 now, I can still clearly remember an evening in the Iowa wintertime when I was a 13-year-old boy. I had come down with a nasty chest cold and was lying in bed, sniffling and coughing and feeling sorry for myself. Mother came into my room, as she had done many times […]
The fort
It was a beautiful Sunday morning in the middle of summer. The previous Saturday, all of the kids got together to build a fort in the woods adjacent to our houses. We didn’t quite complete it, but we promised each other that we would meet after church the following day and continue working on our […]
Growing up
As a young lady growing up in a home with a very loving, supportive yet strict mother, I can relate to your stories and am very happy to have found this place. Briefly, I’m now 19 and appreciate how my mother always gave my siblings and I everything she could to make us happy, better […]
Mothers’ discussions
The following fascinating conversation, about mothers talking about how and why they spank their children, was originally an exchange on the now-defunct Maman mailing list. Alex: It must be the spring weather or something, but I’ve been reminiscing quite a lot lately about childhood spanking experiences. Some of my very favourite experiences were hearing mothers talk […]