The lecture was always long and excrutiatingly painful -mentally, though, not physically. Physical pain was yet to come! Mother was an expert in getting the truth, and twisting your words to make them even more incriminating. I would stand in front of mother, hands wringing, shifting my weight from foot to foot, feeling the emotions […]

There was something in the way mother called “Margaret!” that sent shivers up my spine. I just knew from the tone I was in big, big trouble. I would slowly enter the living room, a slight flicker of hope that perhaps I was mistaken. But a glance at mother’s face as she sat cross-legged on […]

When I was growing up in the late 40’s, 50’s and early 60’s, it seemed to me that every youngster got his or her bottom smacked at one time or other. Most of the time it was an impromtu spanking, the culprit hauled unceremoniously over the irate parent’s or guardian’s lap, and a flurry of […]

When I was growing up, back in the mid 1980s, I was part of a gang of five who would dare each other to do silly things. One winter, it snowed and I was dared to throw a snowball at the door of this old lady’s house, and get her to chase me. It was […]

I hadn’t been spanked for quite a few years but when I was about 15, I had quite a few months of being mouthy and disrespectful. I would get grounded, along with other privileges taken away, but that made me so upset that I just got worse. My parents were at their wits’ end. They […]

  I grabbed both Sandra and Simon by the hand and walked them out of the shop and back to the car. I was parked at the bottom of the car park so it was quiet and there were no other vehicles. I strapped Simon into his seat, then opened up the front passenger door. […]

Sandra was in many ways a defiant little girl, who constantly pushed the boundaries, and it was only three days after that first punishment when I had no option to provide her with another stinging backside to teach her a good lesson. It was Saturday morning, and Sandra had been sulky and rude since she […]

“Lie over my knee, Sally.” I didn’t plead any more, because I knew my brother would love hearing that – but I didn’t move either. Eventually, Mum said sternly: “Lie across my knee now, or I will call Daddy downstairs and he will put you across his knee.” A grin spread over my brother’s face […]

I was in my first year at primary school. I noticed that there was a blue teddy in the toy box in the classroom which was the same as a pink one I had at home. I told my friend about this and she dared me to steal it so that I had a matching […]

Mom stood there for some moments, scolding me soundly in front of my friend and emphasising a point occasionally by smacking the paddle ominously against her hand. Finally, she pronounced sentence. “I’ve had enough of your behaviour today, Allan! bend over right now!” I opened my mouth to protest but before I could utter a […]