(gap: 2s) My mother was a proper lady of British descent, and in our 1950s suburb, she was the...
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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...
Lectured sternly about the fear I had caused
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) This is a story from my earliest childhood, set in the gentle days of the 1930s. I...
I knew better than to test my mother’s patience again
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0As a child, I was often packed off to my maternal grandparent’s home in the country. Their house was...
The comfort I sought
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) In the days when I was a little girl, our home was a place of order and...
We lay the foundation for lives of kindness, respect, and enduring strength
lfjoz, , Uncategorized, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) In the gentle glow of a 1950s afternoon, as sunlight filtered through lace curtains and laughter of...
Lesson I would carry with me for many years to come
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) When I reflect upon my childhood, I recall many occasions when discipline was administered with a firm...
Fear of showing weakness
lfjoz, , Uncategorized, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 1s) The house I grew up in was a world of gentle order and quiet routines, where the...
She left the wooden spoon on the table beside me
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0Growing up in southern Germany during the 60s, I was part of a middle-class family where men worked long...
Boundaries, though painful, are sometimes necessary for us to grow
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 1s) Growing up in a military family in the 1960s meant that discipline and order were woven into...
A deeper sense of having crossed a line that could not be uncrossed
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My memories of smacked bottoms reach back to the late 1960s, a time when the world seemed painted in...
Even now, all these years later, I can feel the sting, the shame, and the strange, aching love that lived in those moments of discipline.
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My mother was the very picture of discipline—her hair always pulled back in a severe bun, her shirtwaist dresses...










