I am a Spanish immigrant, having arrived in the United States when I was in my formative years. In...
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Mothers’ discipline became the foundation on which I built my sense of right and wrong
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My childhood unfolded in a sleepy little town where the days seemed to stretch on forever, golden and slow....
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...
Mothers Hand & Three Sets of Diapers
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0When I was a little girl, my parents were always very fair and kind, but they believed in teaching...
An Instrument of Moral Instruction
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My mother, Agnes, was a schoolmistress in a small village primary school in Scotland in the 1950s, when the...
Guided by the Firm but Loving Hand of our Mother
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0I spent my childhood in New Jersey, accompanied by my younger sister, Amanda. The year was 1962, and our...
This time for Real
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0In addition to parental punishments, the young are sometimes spanked by someone closer to their own age, most commonly...
Heredity Plays Strange Tricks Sometimes
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My brother Peter and I, though twins, were as different as chalk and cheese, yet bound by an unbreakable...











