I can remember, when I was about 10 or 11, having two or possibly three spankings in one week. I think the first was at the weekend, after we – my parents and brother – were visiting my grandparents, who lived in a rather small cottage. The front room was very small and crowded with […]

You may have read The Slipper at Bedtime, which described a slippering I and my best friend James got from my mum when we emptied feathers from a pillow all over the floor. If you thought my mum was nasty, you should read about his mother! I was shocked when James told me he got the cane […]

My name is Jennifer and I’m 42 years old. I have two grown-up daughters (20 and 22 at the time of writing) and two grown-up stepdaughters (19 and 21). The last one of my girls just left the house to live on her own. Fifteen years ago, my best friend died of leukaemia. My husband […]

When I was 13, I became friends with another boy in my village who was two years younger. As was not uncommon at the time, we were both still getting our bottoms smacked when our parents felt it necessary. Less common was that for both of us, the main disciplinarian was our mother. With me, […]

My mom had to raise me on her own for the first few years of my life. Working two jobs was pretty rough on her and she hardly had time to spend with me. Soon after I turned five, my mom got a job which allowed her to work at home. This finally gave her […]

It is now 50 years ago that I visited an aunt with my mother. On arrival, we were shown into the dining room and my aunt apologised for asking us to wait, as she had a job to finish upstairs. As we sat down we could hear my aunt sharply issuing instructions and the pleading […]