This story is true and written from personal experience. What I set down now is exactly how everything unfolded in 1973, at a time when the phenomenon of streaking began to be popular. I was living on Long Island in a small town. I was 14 years old, and nearing the start of high school, […]

When my brother and I were children, we were lucky enough to have our dad build a tree house for us in an old beech which towered above a remote corner of our back garden. Tony and I spent hours on end in that thing, and for the most part I only have happy memories […]

Back in the day (well, the late 90s/early 00s to be a bit more precise), a rather eye-catching advert ran regularly in certain select publications. These adverts were for The Rod. The Rod was pretty much a modern-day successor to the cane – a 22in long dowel made from flexible nylon, with a padded handle […]

I was born in 1958 and was educated by a mother who fervently believed in physical punishment during the training stage. I was whipped until I was 12 years old, always on my bare bottom as my mother didn’t care about my modesty or the shame of showing my private parts. One of the most […]

My first and second spankings were both given to me by my mother – about 15 minutes apart – when I was about four years old. It was morning, and we were in the kitchen. I was sitting at the table in just my T-shirt and underpants. Mom wanted me to eat my oatmeal and […]

Due to both its strict Asian parenting roots, and a high representation of traditional Christian families, it seems that spanking continues to enjoy popularity with parents in the Philippines. Among the many items sold by the Christian bookstore chain PCBS (Philippines Christian Book Store) are two wooden spanking paddles. They come in two sizes, 13in […]

When I was 13, I had a girlfriend I really liked – but I didn’t like spending time at her house because we would always seemed to get into trouble. You might not think this was too bad. But Sally’s mom firmly believed in spanking and she was more than willing to spank either or […]

One of the oldest and immutable principles of advertising has been to identify with your target audience, and reflect their daily lives in your imagery and copy. So, over the many years when it was the unchallenged and acceptable norm, it’s not surprising that the spanking of the household’s children was one of those touchstones […]

The following text is an introductory note and preface to Beatrice Reinhart’s 1937 book Back To Common Sense, a child training manual emphatically advocating the practice of spanking, and going into great detail as to how it should be done. As stated in our special report into the book’s background, it owes a great deal to a 1920s […]