When I was in the third grade, back in the sun-washed days of the 1960s, my world revolved around...
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‘Come quietly to be smacked’
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My mother was definitely a believer in smacking naughty children. I was by no means the most unruly child...
Mother would make a show of removing her slipper, her eyes never leaving mine
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0I was born in a bustling Spanish town, the kind where the scent of fresh bread and the sound...
This was about more than punishment. It was about boundaries, about love, about the impossible task of keeping one safe in a world that felt too big and too wild
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0My mother was a sixth grade teacher from the time she graduated in the 1960s until she retired five...
Lesson that sink in deeper than any sting
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0The sun was high and golden, casting a warm, honeyed glow over the grassy fields as we unpacked our...
Every act of mischief carried its own weight
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0The summer of my childhood seemed endless, golden, and mischievous—a time when the days stretched out like warm taffy...
Draped over Petras Knee
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0During my university years in Heidelberg, Germany, I found myself living in a sprawling, sunlit house on the edge...
When words were not Enough
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0Growing up with my brother Andrea in our little brick house in the northeast of Italy, the air always...
The love that lay beneath the leather
lfjoz, , Uncategorized, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) In the gentle hills of Arkansas, during the 1950s, I spent my childhood in a house where...
Without further ceremony Mother raised her hand
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0During the early 1970s in London, I belonged to a steadfast group of six children who gathered regularly at...
“You must always do as you are told.”
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0(gap: 2s) The gentle haze of the 1960s seemed to wrap our little world in a golden cocoon, where...
Memories we still talk about
lfjoz, , Domestic Discipline, chastisement, corporal punishment, discipline, domestic discipline, punishment, spanking, 0The summer of 1976 was a great one – I spent nearly every waking hour with my best friend...











