When I was in my second year at senior school, the winter winds grew sharp and cold, and I...
(gap: 1s) This is the story of the most mortifying punishment I ever received—a memory etched in my mind,...
It was the early 1970s, a time when most parents were anything but liberal, and discipline was expected—sometimes demanded—by...
(gap: 2s) Growing up in the 1960s, discipline was woven into the very fabric of daily life—at home, at...
My brother Jeff and I are only 13 months apart and we were raised almost like twins. We had...
Spankings at my house were not rare and all of us – my younger sis and two younger brothers...
(gap: 2s) As I trudged through the rest of my school day, the hard wooden chairs beneath me felt...
(gap: 1s) The earliest memory I can summon is but a fleeting wisp, as delicate as the scent of...
In our garden, we were strictly forbidden to play baseball, for the windows of the house were made of...
My parents reached adulthood in the 1960s and both were what one might call admirers of President Kennedy’s ideals....
My mother took me to visit the daughter of one of her friends. We were the same age. Sarah...
When I was a child, I developed a deep fascination for horses, as many young girls do. I would...