Well I already told you, I got a ride from Sam. Is your hearing going bad?” Amanda asked, a nervous smirk playing across her face. Mae shook her head and smiled despite herself. The little brat clearly needed to be taught a lesson. Within three days my parcel arrives by courier, and she takes it to her summer house, which has a very private room. You will never get away with lying to me, Jillian. You will always find yourself in this position, getting your little ass torn up. If I ever find out you’re hiding something like this from me, you better believe this will happen again in a heartbeat. Is that understood?” She paused, waiting for an answer. Jill took a moment to collect herself before replying. We’re doing this the hard way then” Mae said, rolling up her sleeves. She walked forward and took the girl by the upper arm and walked her up the stairs towards her bedroom. Two TV news films giving rival CBS and ABC takes on a 2007 bill (which failed) in Massachusetts that would have outlawed parental corporal punishment in the home. Parents are briefly seen spanking their bratty toddlers.

A North Carolina school district abolishes corporal punishment, though many local parents would have wished it kept. The two girls talked long into the night, debating theories about what exactly Doc was, where he’d been all this time, and what they were going to do about him. Waverly did end up sleeping on her tummiesy that night, but she fell asleep feeling cared for, loved, and very well disciplined. TV news item from Jan 2008 about the paddling of a student. His mother had given permission for the punishment, but then complained when it left marks on his rear. An investigation found there had been no abuse or wrongdoing on the part of the school.

School CP

United States: TV news report on school CP, June 2011: Developments in the continuing dispute over paddling at St Augustine High School, New Orleans. Graphic footage of a different Malaysian judicial caning. Full-length version of a 10-stroke caning for which we previously had only an "edited highlights" version. I guess I just wanted to. I didn’t feel like following the rules but I didn’t want you to know either”

A present-day British soldier is "sentenced" by his mates to a pants-down slippering (2007). It is a light-hearted affair, but a real punishment none the less.Three versions of a scene from one of the St Johns schools of Canada, part of our series on "Top CP Schools".