I Was Spanked Bare Bottom Over The Knee

I'm glad I'm not the only one... and not the only one who was not harmed by it but became a decent lady.

I too am glad that I am not the only one and that you and I are not the only two. I am glad that it was very much the norm when I grew up because I know that wit both me, my sister and my friends it had the desired effect. It sure was a retrograde step for good child rearing and for good manners when sound bare bottom spankings with the hairbrush went out of fashion.

@karinaal: I quite agree, Karin. Having to bare your bottom for a spanking certainly was no pleasure, but you remembered that lesson very well.

@Germanmom: LOL - yes I still vividly remember those lessons.

@karinaal: @Germanmom: You are both lucky ladies to have had such sensible mothers. I wish my mum had warmed my bare bottom with a hairbrush occasionally - not, of course, that I would have thought that at the time.

@MartinII: I can assure you that when I got a spanking it was not at all what I wanted. Usually I could only agree that I deserved to get a sound spanking but I certainly did not want to get it. But this just shows how effective spanking is when it is used correctly by good, responsible and loving parents.

Another thing I would like to mention is that I have often noticed that most of us who were spanked growing up think that the way we were spanked was of course not a but the right and proper way for children to be spanked and those who now are parents tend to spank in the same way as they used to be spanked. This indicates that the spanking had the desired effect and in a good way taught us important lessons.

@karinaal: I totally agree with your last remark. It is not by chance that I brought up my two girls in the same way as my mom had done with me: kind and loving and tolerant of many things, but using the hairbrush on their bottoms when necessary. And I would not be surprised if they used the same method when they have children eventually.

@Germanmom, @karinaal: I have read both your comments with interest, and agree with you. I would like to ask you both one question. Was there ever a time when you doubted your mother's approach, or rebelled against it, albeit temporarily?

@MartinII: I never did really. I never "liked" to get spanked, of course, but it was part of life in our family.

@Germanmom: Thanks. I was the opposite - used to argue that cp was barbaric, even though I was never spanked at home and managed to avoid the headmaster's cane at school. Only later did I see the light!

@MartinII: There may have been times when I as little girl rebelled and struggled when mum decided to punish me, not because I doubted her approach but because the fear of the punishment overshadowed all other feelings. If this really happened I am not sure but I can say that at least from I was five – six years old I never rebelled and never doubted mum's judgement when she decided that I deserved a spanking. There were times when I knew that I had not exactly been a good little girl but did not fully understand why whatever I had done was so serious an offence that I should be spanked. Despite of this I never doubted that Mum knew best and when she decided to spank me I was sure that I deserved it, - and getting a spanking can be a way to learn what behaviour is unacceptable.
As teen I a few times experienced to my big surprise not being spanked but being let off with just reprimands and stern warnings for offences I a year earlier had been spanked for and was sure I again would be spanked for if I was caught. On these occasions I was relieved and found out that as I grew older my limits in some ways were expanded.
I also remember a few times when I got spankings that I knew that I deserved but when I also knew that mum did not know the real reason why I deserved it.
There were many times when I tried to explain things so mum saw my behaviour in a less unfavourable light or I came up with all sorts of lame excuses but I never questioned or doubted mum's authority and judgement. I had my chance to explain and defend myself but I knew that when mum told me to go up and fetch the hairbrush and wait for her to come up and spank me then there was nothing more to discuss and I accepted this and I trusted that when mum decided to spank me I could be sure that a spanking was what I deserved.
I have been asked about it many times and I have discussed it with my sister but neither of us can remember that any of us ever got a spanking that we not at least on reflection realised was fully deserved.