The boy next door got plenty of bare bottom sp@nkings over his mother's knee, and that's why he was so humble and well-mannered. Lady friends of his mother's would stop by and see him standing bare-bottomed in the corner with his bumcheeks blushing pink from a good sp@nking, and they'd praise his mum for doing such a good job in raising him.

That's exactly how my husband and I are raising our two boys, ages 15 and 13. When they're naughty or disobedient, they're taken into the master bedroom where they get a quick scolding. Then their pants are pulled down, and they go across either of our laps for a good bare bottom sp@nking.

Sp@nkings are generally given with an open hand smacking their saucy, round bottoms to a stinging rosy red, right down to the very tops of their legs where they're especially sensitive. And if they've been particularly naughty, they get the wooden hairbrush on their bums.

In actual fact, both our boys are respectful and responsible, and their friends come from good homes. But there are times when mischievous impulses do get the better of them, and that's when their shamefully bare bottoms are seen to for some corrective warming and reddening.

Says Brucie the nobhead.