I grew up in Ohio in the 1970s. my best friend and I had grown curious about being cool...
Archive for category: Domestic Discipline
Counting the cost
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) The memory of that day is etched in my mind, as vivid as the faded wallpaper in...
If you won’t apologise, you’ll get it all the harder
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My mother, though we lived on a council estate, had grown up in a comfortable middle-class home, a world...
I don’t know what your mam will say about this
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 1s) Growing up on the estate in the north of England, our world was a patchwork of red-brick...
Mother’s silence was terrifying
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) I grew up in the late 1960s, on a street where discipline wasn’t just a rule—it was...
Sometimes we have to become grown-ups to play out our heart’s desires
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) My mother was never one for pets. She saw them as messy, unpredictable, and a threat to...
Sometimes, discipline had to be felt to be remembered
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) Growing up in the early 1970s, the world felt both vibrant and strict. Our days were filled...
Importance of honesty
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0Growing up in the early 1970s, spanking wasn’t as common as it had been in my parents’ day, but...
Shadows that would linger long after the event
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My mother, Eleanor, was a woman of formidable presence, her ambitions for me shining brighter than the polished silver...
The boundaries set were the walls that kept me safe
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0As a child of the 1970s, I was shaped by the rhythms and rules of a world that felt...
Each smack seemed to echo louder than the last, the sound bouncing off the tiled walls
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) My mother was a proper lady of British descent, and in our 1950s suburb, she was the...
Lessons seared into my memory
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0This is a memory and lesson that lasted. I had stolen some cookies that morning out of a jar...











