My childhood unfolded in a sleepy little town where the days seemed to stretch on forever, golden and slow....
Archive for category: Domestic Discipline
Being caned was not something I’d told her about
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0Up until a certain age, my mother would spank me over her knee with a slipper; hard enough to...
Mother’s discipline was never angry or out of control
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) In the early 1960s, our small northern English town was a world unto itself, nestled between rolling...
Complicated & unbreakable threads that tied me to my mother
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 1s) Although I’m almost 60 now, the memory of a particular winter evening in the 1960s remains as...
Trouble just seemed to follow us
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 1s) My best friend Robert and I were inseparable, our days stitched together by the golden thread of...
Sharp words or a stern look from a parent was enough to bring any mischief to a halt
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0Growing up in Surrey, England during the 1960s, my childhood unfolded in a world that felt both timeless and...
(gap: 2s) Once upon a time, in a leafy corner of Surrey, there lived a cheerful family in a...
My younger brother and I grew up nestled in the heart of a small English village during the 1960s,...
I sometimes wonder how my parents managed to put up with me when I was a child—because, truth be...
No matter how much trouble we got into, we were always safe, always loved, and always forgiven in the end
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, 0(gap: 1s) Looking back at my childhood, I sometimes marvel at how I ever managed to sit down at...
It was the combination of discipline and affection that shaped the adults we would become
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, 0I was the youngest of five children, growing up in a bustling, laughter-filled house nestled in a small Irish...
(gap: 2s) My childhood unfolded in a small, sun-drenched town where the days seemed to stretch on forever, and...











