My brother and I had a typical sibling relationship growing up – in other words, we often fought like...
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“I said no!” my mother yelled as she pulled my little hand out of the enormous plant and gave...
When I was six, my youngest brother was born. I loved babies, so I stood by and helped either...
My siblings and I were spanked frequently as children. We were usually sent to our parents’ bedroom to await...
My sister Clare and I were always squabbling as children. It drove our mum to despair and two well-smacked...
I grew up in Canada in an Irish Catholic family with two sisters, one a year older and one a...
My mum was a big believer in corporal punishment, so not surprisingly my sister and I were often across...
With the decline in corporal punishment at home, I don’t know whether kids still have this conversation but back...
My mother took me to visit the daughter of one of her friends. We were the same age. Sarah...
When I was nine, I fell in love with horses, as a great many girls do. I started to...
I grew up during the in France during the 1970s, and was raised by my single mother. I was...
My parents came of age in the 1960s and both could accurately be described as Kennedy Democrats. My mom...