The view from the stairs

My parents were firm believers in spanking. I recall hearing my mother tell an expecting younger woman that she was a ‘red bottom mom’. I know that she in turn had received serious spanking from her parents, and she was always quick to give out everything from spur-of-the-moment spanks over our undies to serious bare-bum […]

Water, sand and fire

As I wrote in my first memory for Maman, my three sisters (one older, two younger) and I grew up in a loving household with frequent spankings, mainly from our mother. However, given that spanking was on the way out nationally –even though it remained common in our area – public spankings were not something any […]

A double helping

Reading your recent story about the school secretary gave me a flashback to when I and my brother were paddled in the school office – with my mother handing out half of the discipline. We both went to the same high school and were caught off-campus at a local hamburger place for lunch. I was 17 and my […]

Spanking in context

I don’t know how many of your readers will be familiar with the term ‘Third Culture Kids’ (or TCKs for short). Basically, it refers to people growing up in one or more countries, or cultures other than the one of their birth, their family or passport. Military brats are one such group which fits the […]

An unfulfilled desire

My childhood memories of spanking are not happy ones – but not because of corporal punishment, rather the lack of it. My parents didn’t smack and until I started I assumed every child’s home life was the same. I soon made friends with a boy called David, and when we played at his house the […]

When mums conspire

Hello! I just found your site – considering my massive interest in the subject I’m surprised it’s taken me this long. Disappointed I am not! I’m pretty sure I’m one of your younger reader and contributors. What I’m about to tell you only happened 10 years ago, so the memory is pretty fresh. This contribution does not […]