How much did your generation get spanked?

Hi eman445, my school paddlings were also always over the pants! Though in the lower grades it was the case that, on a few occasions, a female teacher might bare a younger kid's bottom for a spanking! Though, this was certainly not a universal practice it was by no means unusual! At home, of course, bare bottom spanking was the norm! Both in my own house and in the vast majority of others as well!

Dad and my Uncle Frank would sometimes use a belt on our bare bottoms; but more often hand spanked us over the knee! Their hands were hard, heavy and calloused and on a bare bottom stung and burned terribly! Mom and Aunt Rose used their hairbrushes and, again on a bare behind, imparted a hot, pulsating, throbbing and burning sting like you cannot believe!

All this of course was standard and normal discipline in '50s, '60s and '70s America! At least in my experience anyway!

I was born in the mid 50's, probably during the height of the spanking era. All the kids I knew were spanked by their parents if they got in trouble. The exact form of a spanking varied from parent to parent but bare bottom with the hand or paddle was typical.

Kids also knew that they could be spanked by other adults (caregivers, parents of playmates). Kids who were spanked by others rarely reported those to their own parents (and hoped that their parents weren't informed by the spanking adult.)

Kids were also spanked in school. I witnessed classmates going over the laps of my first and second grade teachers. (Probably 3 or 4 times during the year; boys on bared bottoms, girls on panties.) In third grade the process changed. Students got 3 to 6 whacks with a paddle over the seat of the pants in the cloak room (out of sight but clearly heard.) That's where I got my first dose of the paddle at school. By fifth grade some students were paddled in the school office by the principal. In middle school, it seemed only the PE and 'shop' teachers had authority to paddle students, rumored because of the higher potential of serious injury if rules were broken.

Describing all this makes it seem like kids in my time lived under the constant threat of punishment. But rarely did anyone feel their own (or others') punishment was undeserved or unjust.

I grew up as a Baby Boomer. I had two older brothers who teased me to know end and so I received lots of spankings. All of them were delivered to my bare bottom by my mother and step-dad as well as my Aunt and Uncle and step-mother and Grandma and Grandpa.

Getting Spanked on my bare ass was very embarrassing to say the least, specially when it was given by my Aunt or step-mom or Grandma. I would end up crying and promising to behave, which I would for a few days, then my brothers would tease me and I would get in trouble again and end up bare assed over my step-dads or Uncle's lap getting another spanking.

When I was young, at primary school, one of the punishments inflicted was spanking. In those days, the teacher's desk was on a platform, and he would set up his chair in the middle of the platform, sit on it and position us across his lap and administer a spanking. When the punishment was more severe, he'd pull down our trousers and pants and slap our bare buttocks. Of course, this happened in the classroom, in front of all the pupils.

@John_Sitter Describing all this makes it seem like kids in my time lived under the constant threat of punishment. But rarely did anyone feel their own (or others') punishment was undeserved or unjust.

Surely you have read the many accounts here that recount the opposite?

I’m Gen X, grew up mostly down south. We received corporal punishment at home, at school, double if we misbehaved at school/in public/at church. I’m also the eldest of four, and often got spanked if the youngers got into trouble in my care.

Usually, my father doled out the spankings (“wait til your father gets home,” even). He never used any implements, nor did he need them. He was 6’5” and 200+, hale and hearty, and his hands were huge and effective.

His spankings were over the knee, through the clothing. When he spanked, it was rapid-fire, hard, and there was a rhythm to it. Nine. And the expectation was to cry, lest another swat or two were added in for good measure. And of course the “this is going to hurt me a lot more than it hurts you” speech always preceded the spanking.

Generationally, spanking was an expectation. If we were somewhere without a parent and a spanking was warranted, the nearest adult would be delivering it. I did receive the occasional spank from someone outside of the family - and surely would be followed up with a dad-delivered spanking again when we got home. A lot of other adults used belts or even sent you out to “pick your switch,” and these practices scared the bejeezus out of me; needless to say, I was a good kid.

When I was taking care of my youngest sibling (13 years younger), I spanked him a couple of times. I found out years later that he strongly disliked me because of that. But I also found out that he also threatened to call the cops on my father if he ever laid a hand on him. I wasn’t living at home at that point, but he states abuse - our father was heavy-handed when he was sober and there was alcohol involved by that time, so sadly, it probably was.

Surely you have read the many accounts here that recount the opposite?

@agracier Indeed I have. But my experience and impressions are mine and not an attempt to summarize others. I'll leave that to you.

Fellow 90s kid here. I recall being vaguely aware of some discussion/controversy around spanking kids, but for me I think geography had a lot more to do with putting an end to the experience for me.

When I was a younger kid we lived in a small town in a rural county in the North of England, and everyone I knew was getting spanked. It was not only socially acceptable, but almost expected if a child misbehaved in public they'd either be dealt with on the spot, or promised a sore bottom when they got home.

Personally, I was never spanked bare bottom in front of anyone and I don't recall ever witnessing it happening to others either.

Depending on what I'd done to earn it, a spanking could be anywhere from a single smack over the clothing with the palm of the hand, to a bare bottom spanking with a slipper to the point of tears.

It wasn't until we moved south that I met anyone who hadn't grown up with spanking, and it was at this time that my brother and I stopped getting it also.

I grew up in the 1970s to mid 80s. I was spanked at home and spanking and corporal punishment were used at school. Occasionally I was spanked by other relatives. Everyone I knew at the time was spanked one way or another as punishment, it was the norm then.

2010+ is sometimes called Generation Alpha.

And looking around at some of the rascals produced about that time I'd say that generation would greatly benefit from some HARD spankings!

Many of them most certainly would, Lukkas!

Indeed. It is very clear that most of them have no idea what it's like to get their bare bottom blistered. No doubt they would be much more mindful of their behavior after experiencing a good hard spanking for the first time. It would be an eye opening experience for sure!

However I expect this trend where each generation is spanked less than the previous one will likely continue and eventually spanking will become a thing of the past. Although it would be interesting if I'm wrong and spanking one day enjoys a cultural resurgence with bare bottom spanking becoming more socially acceptable again.

I’m 70 years old. Spanking was very common when I was a kid. In my opinion, some kids needed it, and I was one of them. Most of us didn’t become traumatized by it. We learned that there are consequences for bad behavior.

As I said before mum was main disapline giver all ways bare bottom her favourite weapon was large wooden kitchen spoon boy it stung she continued until my bottom turned bright red if I curses during spanking often got soap sticks inserted up my bum to after spanking had stand bare bottom facing wall red bottom on display didnt matter if any one else there mum prepared my upcoming enema as bad behaviour must mean I was needing good clean out

There was a big deal of hypocrisy in my country in 1970s regarding spanking.

On the one hand in the newspapers, books and tv we saw lots of references to capitalist countries and poor kids in those countries who are brutally punished by spanking at school and at home. By contrast, socialist countries where pictured as completely different in a way an absolutely new progressive method of education has been implemented which allows kids to develop emotionally and intellectually much better than in capitalist countries and without those horrible methods like spankings.

On the other hand in reality kids were spanked commonly and everyone knew it and approved of it. At schools, however, we didn’t have what is here called corporate punishment.

I was not spanked as a kid, but when I was teen my father punched me a few times. When I was 19 I started to strike back. But my father was alkoholic, so I guess attitude in my family can differ. I am gen X.

But I always thought that in common kids and teens of my age dont get a lot spakning or beating if they live in, like, normal family.

Also my collegue from Eastrean Europe told me after a lot of drinks, that his father used to beat him with belt until his 20s. And last few times it was not like spanking, it was more like real beating so he had bruises on his hands, face and chest.

I was born in the waning days of the Truman Administration. Spanking was the punishment for almost any misdeed not only in my household, but among my friends and neighbors too. From my earliest memories spanking was a very common occurrence. I suppose I was spanked at least once a week up until my teens, usually more, and sometimes twice or more in the same day. I was spanked my my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, my friends parents, babysitters, and paddled at school a few times too, which meant a really bad spanking at home in addition. I realize the frequent spankings did me good, and used it on my own four boys, who are following in the tradition.

I’m a 2000s kid, so i was never spanked or anything like that.

But i was a pretty rule-following kid, can’t Even remember being grounded or anything

Whilst I am of a generation when spanking was still quite common as a punishment, I was not really aware of it being used a lot amongst my friends.

My school did use corporal punishment - gym shoe and cane - but, judging by other accounts I've heard here and elsewhere, it was not used excessively. I do have memories of the odd spanking (but nothing more than a quick slap rather than anything more formal or ritualistic) when still quite young at home, and of friends being threatened with something similar. But I can't recall any occurrence of friends or siblings/cousins getting what would be considered a proper spanking.

I was born in 1994, so growing up in the 2000s as a millennial, I know it was still fairly prevalent but never heard too much about other kids getting spanked. When we moved to Texas in 2005 it became a bit more common to hear about because people seemed more open or willing to just talk about the idea in general. It seemed like there was a real 50/50 dice roll as to whether or not any particular individual had been spanked growing up. But then of course closer to the end of the decade it seemed like attitudes had really changed about it. I was surprised to see in a different thread two gen Zers talking about getting spanked by their parents. I have a couple pairs of friends who have used it very seldom and sparingly.

Of course for me personally, the fact that my mom came from Eastern Europe meant that my ass got toasted on a fairly regular basis. So that had more of an impact on me than being part of any particular generation. I know Georgia (where she was born) outlawed spanking like many other European countries but from what I’ve heard that hasn’t really stopped it from being common in more rural areas.

Having been born in the 1950's, I describe myself and others as having been brought up by hand. Literally.

Growing up in the late 40's and 50's my Mom spanked me occasionally for serious misdeeds, perhaps a few times a year, but I was generally a well behaved kid. Some of my cousins were spanked much more often than me. It seemed to depend on their behaviour and how angry their parents were. The ones that got it the worst were spanked by their fathers rather than their mothers and a leather belt or a razor strop was used on them. The leather belt was only used on me when I got older. Before that my Mom used the back of a wooden hairbrush. The last time I got spanked was when I was 13 when my uncle spanked both me and his 12 year old son with his belt after we had been jumping from the hayloft in a farmer's barn and got caught.

I think most generations believe they got things worse then the next; spanking was very common place growing up, I feel we used it less when raising our own two but did still happen. My two barely done it with the next generation.

In the 40s and 50s...a lot!

My childhood wasn't that long ago, but when I was 11 years old, my mother whipped me very harshly with a belt so hard that I cried and screamed in pain. If you want to know the details, write to me

In the 1960s and 1970s, spankings on the bare butt were common in our home and in the homes of my friends.

I've read of neighborhoods and families where adults other than the parents could do the spanking when they felt justified. That was not the case in my neighborhood or my family. A couple of times, my parents received a phone call from a neighbor or family member about something I did or my brothers did and then, if my parents felt a spanking was warranted based on the offense, it was administered.

One time, at about age 10, on a sleep over at my friend's house, she and I got to being silly and decided to give each other spankings. After take a few turns each, we progressed from over the pajamas, to pajama bottoms down and just over the panties, and eventually we had the pajamas and panties around our ankles so we could spank with our hands on the bare bottom. We didn't spank very hard, I think mostly for fear of her parents hearing the loud smacks.

I was born in the early 60s and my family came to the usa from italy and back then getting a spanking was a daily thing. It did not take much to get a spanking especially from my mother who is much worst than my father. My mother would use most anything she can find for discipline. Many many times it was very painful on my butt and it would be red and sore sometimes welts and i would have to go to school and my friends did notice especially in gym the red marks that lasted for many days and have to explain why i got them. Just as i knew many girls and boys that also were spank daily. It could be very difficult at school all day sitting on a wood chair. I do not do that to my kids. I accept the punishment that i got because i knew i deserve it and it actually made me a better person as i grew up. I have not been spanked in about 40 years and i do not know how i would feel about it if i had a partner that was into that maybe or maybe not.

Born mid 1970s. Difficult to say. I know some people my age or even younger received the martinet growing up (no, I did not ask for details, whether it was one the bare or not). I heard of things, but second-hand.

Also a millenial here. By the time I was in secondary school, it was almost non-existent for most. There were some who got it, but it was definitely considered to be the sign of very old fashioned parents by that stage.

I grew up in the 50s and 60s. My parents were strict and believed in spanking. My sister and I got our share of spankings, especially as preteens and teens. Most of my friends and cousins also got frequent spankings from their parents.

Paddling was also allowed in the schools. I doubt many of my classmates made it to graduation without being paddled at least once. Principals and many teachers didn't hesitate to paddle naughty students.

We were definitely a generation raised on spanking.