What offences did you commit as a child that resulted in you being spanked, either at home or at school? Is there anything that sticks in your mind in particular? These are the occassions that I remember:

School: Only one incident - in Year Five (I would've been about eight years old) in class, another classmate wanted to borrow my eraser. I knew if I chucked it across the classroom at him, I would've got my legs slapped (this particular female teacher was big on leg slapping!) so I got out of my seat to give it him. Only trouble was, the teacher was addressing the class at the time and before I knew it, one of my elbows was grabbed so I was pretty much dangling or standing on tippy-toes and five or six meaty slaps were given to the backs of my thighs! I was mortified! Spanking and caning happened to other kids, not me!

Home: I was fourteen and my little brother had got hold of my music cassette tapes (they were copies of my older brother's heavy metal collection that he did for me) and had claimed that they were his. I went mad, we got into an argument and I ended up proper laying into him. He would've been eight. Dad waded in, wrapped one hand around me, pinning my hands to my sides and delivered six, eight...maybe twelve full-bloodied smacks to my clothed backside. I howled at the injustice of it! Then I was pushed roughly on the settee and was told in no uncertain terms that I was to remain there and not say a word, or else I would get more! The sedantry equivalent to corner time!



Used to get a clout on the back of the head by my mum a lot - usually for being cheeky. (Nice to see that nothing's changed, eh?) Laughing too loudly and raucously in a manner unbecoming of a young lady was another one(!) How can laughing warrant a clomp on the back of the head?! Honestly!! Was forever being yelled at for drinking milk, pop or juice straight out of the bottle or carton and not using a cup! I think I was physically chastised in some way for running across a busy road without looking left or right. I would have been about eleven.

That's about all I can remember. Any thoughts?

Cherry x