The Hairbrush in the Kitchen
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Sarahs Mother, Scene 1
“I’m sorry, Peter, Sarah can’t come out today. She has been very naughty and I have sent her to...
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Talking Back Meant Discipline
Please Click Here to listen to the Audio Recording This is my recollection of a good spanking my mother...
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A Stern Mother of Presbyterian Stock
I don’t believe I was especially naughty as a child – at least, no more than any other boy...
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ABWAV24
I started to struggle and hollered a little. “Hush!” She said. “Your brothers and sisters will hear you. It...
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Aunty Janet takes Matters into her Own Hands
Many years ago, much to the annoyance of my mother, I used to run upstairs to my bedroom most...
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ABWAV7
Mother was out shopping when I got home. When she came back she asked why my baseball practice had...
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Back To Common Sense: Note and Preface
The following text is an introductory note and preface to Beatrice Reinhart’s 1937 book Back To Common Sense, a...
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Spanking by the book
Books offering advice on raising good, happy children have never exactly been in short supply – but two slim...