When I was a little girl, my parents often went away and I stayed at my aunt and uncle’s house. My parents were not firm believers in physical punishment – maybe a smack or two, but that was it. My aunt, on the other hand, believed firmly in sore bottom lessons, and I learned many […]

When I was four and a half, I spent a few days at my Aunt Kathy’s. Dustin, my five-year-old cousin (not Aunt Kathy’s son) was also visiting her during that time. She didn’t have any children of her own but she ran a daycare, along with another lady. One afternoon, we were all outside – […]

Several of your stories reminded me of something that actually happened to me a little over 10 years ago. I was doing some last minute Christmas shopping at our local mall when I stopped into the ladies lounge to freshen up. As I was finishing up and standing at the sink, touching up my hair, […]

When I was 14, my mother, my sister and I visited my Aunt Karen in Chicago for Spring Break. I was excited to see my aunt since she was pretty and a fun person to be around. Things went well for the first couple days. Then my grandpa decided to come over to Chicago from […]

As a young boy, I was raised by my widowed mother, the result of the untimely death of my father. Mom did not spoil me in the least and often spanked me, but always on the seat of my pants. My mom was a registered nurse and when she had to work an occasional night […]

My sister and I are now in our early 30s. We grew up during a time when corporal punishment was still an approved form of discipline. We have vague memories of being spanked by our mother. She quite frankly didn’t have the heart to spank us, so early on she abdicated this responsibility to our […]