This happened when I was in eighth grade, which would be in the mid-1980s. I was 13. I’ve changed the teachers’ names just in case. I, like most kids when and where I grew up, was spanked as a child. In my case, it was relatively mild. Hand to fully clothed bottom, or whatever I […]
A doubly good hiding
Some of you may have already read my contribution to the Mothers Talking series – I’d like now to tell you about the discipline I was subject to myself as a girl. While I was growing up, I was subject to frequent spankings from both my parents, mostly over the knee with my knickers down. When I […]
Paddlings for girls
I thought your readers might be interested in my experience of paddling young ladies’ bottoms at a private Christian school where I taught. I began my career in the 1970s and late in that decade, I was fortunate enough to be hired by a relatively large Christian private school in Mississippi. Being from Ohio and […]
Correction That Corrects: Foreword
Correction That Corrects is a book on ‘child training’ authored by American Mariam Fredrick in 1925. It is remarkable in that it not only advocates spanking as an important and valuable part of child discipline, but also goes into great detail as to the ideal way in which such punishment should be administered. This foreword […]
Back To Common Sense: Note and Preface
The following text is an introductory note and preface to Beatrice Reinhart’s 1937 book Back To Common Sense, a child training manual emphatically advocating the practice of spanking, and going into great detail as to how it should be done. As stated in our special report into the book’s background, it owes a great deal […]
Demerit boys sent for the cane
When I was seven years old, I was sent away to board at a private preparatory (prep) school for boys in the south of England – this was in the 1970s and corporal punishment was still available for errant schoolboys. My parents had warned me before my departure that the school used the cane, and […]
Smackings and canings
Sheila Thompson (name changed) was headteacher at a large suburban primary school in the north of England from 1978 to 1985 – a year before corporal punishment was abolished in UK schools. She kindly agreed to be interviewed about her memories of that time. How many children did you have responsibility for, and what ages? […]