Many a naughty youngster found him or herself getting a paddling in the family room, the backyard, the front porch, the teacher’s office, the church basement, or a neighbor’s house.
And since some often got into more trouble in groups, it was not uncommon for two or three youngsters to find themselves waiting to go over a mother or babysitter’s lap one after the other.
Things had been a little different for Michael because Aunt Sheila had moved north after marrying a doctor from Boston.
In the Northeast, spanking was a somewhat more private matter and it rarely continued after elementary school.
Since Michael’s home was an exception in this regard, he certainly didn’t want his new, high schoolmates to know he was still spanked.
It was hard enough that all of his mom’s friends knew, not to mention the neighborhood babysitters.
Worst of all, some of his new high school teachers even knew because they were longtime friends of his mom from church or neighborhood groups.
Like Michael, I was just as eager to keep my own mother’s methods a secret from my high school classmates once I arrived in Massachusetts.
Aunty Sheila’s Slipper Punishment5
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The Use of the Tawse2
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Purposeful Corporal Punishment11
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School Corporal Punishment The Pros and cons of12
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Devastation Caused by Discipline30
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Caning from of the Times27
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Female Pupils Slippered4
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Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments24
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The Cane in UK Schools79
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