This is a story about me getting a smacked bottom for misbehaving in the supermarket, I cannot remember exactly...

By Peter Foster SEVEN out of 10 parents believe that it is acceptable to smack their children if they...

I was at school during WW2 and spent a lot of my time, both at home and at school,...

UNITED KINGDOM Judicial CP – February 1956 Corpun file 7246 Daily Mirror, London, 29 February 1956 Bring back the...

A small episode in British juvenile courts blooms into national issue that troubles House of Commons In the small...

UNITED KINGDOM School CP – January 1955 Corpun file 6637 Daily Sketch, London, 11 January 1955 Teacher was right...

UNITED KINGDOM School CP – August 1959 Corpun file 23758 Barnsley Chronicle and South Yorkshire News, 22 August 1959,...

When I was a little girl, the discipline I dreaded most was a beating with the cane. My mother...