Yes, I remember telling on my brother, and then watching my mother take down his pants and underpants and paddle his hiney with the hairbrush.  It was a delight for me to see this.

I know what you mean about pleading.  I would be crying and yelling "stop mommy stop" or "no more mommy, I'll be good I promise".  But she would just keep on spanking until she thought I learned my lesson.

Yes, I think your mom was too harsh with you if you left a hat in school.  The consequences of not wearing a hat are minimal, compared to being hit by a car.

Did she give you the hairbrush, too?

I was 7 years old.

As a child I was very impulsive.  One day I ran out into the street without looking, right into the path of an oncoming car. The driver slammed on the brakes and the screeching tires caused everyone to come running out of their houses to see what happened...  moreAs a child I was very impulsive.  One day I ran out into the street without looking, right into the path of an oncoming car. The driver slammed on the brakes and the screeching tires caused everyone to come running out of their houses to see what happened., (including my mom)

My mom recognized the driver, who had gotten out of his car, looked over at me and said, "what happened Ted?"  Ted replied "is that your son?  he ran right out into the street without looking.  I'm so glad I was able to stop before hitting him"

My mom thanked him for being able to stop his car in time.  He then said to her "you'd better teach him to stop and look before running into the street!"  She most likely took this comment as a criticism of her parenting for not teaching me to be more cautious. I did know better than to run into the street without looking, but I just wasn't thinking.

She replied to him, which could be heard by all our neighbors who were out on their sidewalks, "don't worry Ted.  I'm going to take him inside right ...    less

The spankings at school were a joke.  A few hand swats over your clothes - it was far more embarrassing than painful.  
But if the teacher phoned home then it was an automatic spanking with the hairbrush on arrival.  Sometimes the hairbrush would be sitti...  moreThe spankings at school were a joke.  A few hand swats over your clothes - it was far more embarrassing than painful.  
But if the teacher phoned home then it was an automatic spanking with the hairbrush on arrival.  Sometimes the hairbrush would be sitting on the coffee table in the living room - in the "ready position" and within easy reach once my mom had my pants and underpants off and I was over her lap.  

I think the duration of the spanking was directly proportionate to the offence.
It seemed to me that a few of the spankings I got with the hairbrush were never going to end, e.g. when I burnt the feathers off a live chicken, lied about where I had gone af...  moreI think the duration of the spanking was directly proportionate to the offence.
It seemed to me that a few of the spankings I got with the hairbrush were never going to end, e.g. when I burnt the feathers off a live chicken, lied about where I had gone after school instead of coming home, getting caught totally naked and playing doctor with the girl who lived next door, running into the path of an oncoming care without looking into the street.  

We were out at my uncle's farm and it was the 4th of July.  We had sparklers and were told NOT to go into or near the the barn with them.  Well,  I went into the chicken coop and the hens were just sitting around so I touch the feathers with the sparkler ...  moreWe were out at my uncle's farm and it was the 4th of July.  We had sparklers and were told NOT to go into or near the the barn with them.  Well,  I went into the chicken coop and the hens were just sitting around so I touch the feathers with the sparkler and of course, they burned.
The chicken did not even move, but looked funny with charred feathers.  So I showed it to my brother who immediately reported it to my mom.  She was furious and hand spanked me all the way over to the car where I had to sit and wait until we drove home.  On the way home she told me that she was going to give me the hairbrush when we got home.
She kept her promise.  It was bedtime so in between undressing and putting on my PJs, that critical moment when I had nothing on, she put me over her lap, took the hairbrush and lit up my 9 year old hiney like fireworks on the 4th of July!
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All kinds of trouble:
Burning the feathers off a chicken - mom blistered my bare hiney with the hairbrush for that
Getting caught riding my bicycle way out of bounds - dad gave me a good licken with the strap
Coming home late from school and lying about w...  moreAll kinds of trouble:
Burning the feathers off a chicken - mom blistered my bare hiney with the hairbrush for that
Getting caught riding my bicycle way out of bounds - dad gave me a good licken with the strap
Coming home late from school and lying about where I had been - mouth washed out with soap plus spanking with hairbrush and put to bed for the night.
Getting caught playing doctor while totally naked with girl next door (she was 7 and I was 8 years old)  thorough hiney warming with hairbrush from my mom
Tormenting our cat for the ????th time!  I was 5 years old.  Pajamas were taken off and my mom stood me up on the kitchen chair and paddled my hiney with a ruler in front of my 10 year old sister and her friends.  less

My third grade teacher gave me a hand spanking over my clothes - in front of the whole class.  It was only 4-5 hand swats and did not even hurt enough to make me cry.  But it was SO embarrassing to be spanked in front of the other kids.
But the teacher ca...  moreMy third grade teacher gave me a hand spanking over my clothes - in front of the whole class.  It was only 4-5 hand swats and did not even hurt enough to make me cry.  But it was SO embarrassing to be spanked in front of the other kids.
But the teacher called my mom and told her about my behavior and spanking.  When I got home my mom was ready and waiting with the hairbrush on the coffee table.  She took off my pants and undies, put me over her lap, and roasted my hiney with the hairbrush.
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Well, I don't ever recall there being a problem.  Either my scrotum was too small to get in the way, or else they had a very good aim.  I know that my hiney and thighs were stinging like mad by the time the spanking was over.

Ales, if you send me a friend request, I can send you back some "private" illustrations that depict how it was done.

Another reason for some of my spankings was to improve my memory.  
My mom would say "what did I tell you about playing with matches?"  She would be holding the hairbrush in her hand while asking my this question.
I would tell her that I forgot.  And then...  moreAnother reason for some of my spankings was to improve my memory.  
My mom would say "what did I tell you about playing with matches?"  She would be holding the hairbrush in her hand while asking my this question.
I would tell her that I forgot.  And then she would say that she was going to make sure I didn't forget the next time and give me a spanking with the hairbrush.  

It would have been after a bath, having just been dried off.  Knowing that I was about to be spanked, I would run down to my room and lay down on my back - to "protect" my hiney.
So she would grab my ankles and lift up my legs in the air, exposing my hine...  moreIt would have been after a bath, having just been dried off.  Knowing that I was about to be spanked, I would run down to my room and lay down on my back - to "protect" my hiney.
So she would grab my ankles and lift up my legs in the air, exposing my hiney and thighs for spanking, usually with a thin paint stick that we called "the ruler"
Or if I was in my PJ's they would have been pulled down and then my legs raised up in the air.  

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From around age 7 onward spankings were over my mom's lap with the hairbrush on my bare hiney.  Same for my dad and the hairbrush, except when he used the strap he would usually tuck my head and shoulders under his left arm and then wh...  moreReply to Smiler2012
From around age 7 onward spankings were over my mom's lap with the hairbrush on my bare hiney.  Same for my dad and the hairbrush, except when he used the strap he would usually tuck my head and shoulders under his left arm and then whip my hiney with the strap.
Before age 7 sometimes I would be spanked while laying on my back with my legs up in the diaper position. They would spank the backs of my thighs as well as my hiney.  I think my mom thought my hiney was too small to repeatedly spank over and over, so she considered my chubby thighs to be an extension of my hiney for spanking purposes.  less

I was primarily spanked for disobedience, which covered a very wide range of things.  It included doing something I had been told not to do (a very long list for sure) and also for doing something for which I was told "you know better than to do that!"

A...  moreI was primarily spanked for disobedience, which covered a very wide range of things.  It included doing something I had been told not to do (a very long list for sure) and also for doing something for which I was told "you know better than to do that!"

After getting one of the "you know better than to do that" spankings, I sure did know better if there was a future opportunity to do the same thing again.  One time I got an epic spanking with the hairbrush from my mom when she caught me playing doctor with the girl next door.  We were both completely naked and I had her on my bed pushing a rectal thermometer in and out of her cute little hiney hole.

I remember a few spankings for riding my bicycle beyond limits set down by my mom and dad.  I disobeyed them many times when riding my bicycle but I only got caught a few times, so I consider myself to be very lucky.

Another reason for spankings was fighting with my brother.  It usually didn't matter who or how it started.  We both got the hairbrush from my mom or ...    less

Bringing up those past spankings were the worst.
I would be on the verge of getting into some type of mischief with friends or relatives at our house and my mom would say "Stop that right now.  Do you remember what happened the last time you did that?"
Wi...  moreBringing up those past spankings were the worst.
I would be on the verge of getting into some type of mischief with friends or relatives at our house and my mom would say "Stop that right now.  Do you remember what happened the last time you did that?"
Without even a pause she would say "Your father took your pants down and gave you a good licken with the strap!"
or another version where she gave me the spanking..
"you got your hiney blistered good with the hairbrush! AND if I have to do it again I will.  I don't care who's here"  less

  
It was not just my parents who blabbed about spankings.  My grandmother was a frequent visitor at our house and was around many times to observe when one of her grandchildren get a thorough hiney warming.
Once around 9-10 years old when I was at her ho...  more  
It was not just my parents who blabbed about spankings.  My grandmother was a frequent visitor at our house and was around many times to observe when one of her grandchildren get a thorough hiney warming.
Once around 9-10 years old when I was at her house her friend who came by to visit  remarked about how well behaved I was.  Good old gramma went on to say, as I stood there and my face got redder and redder from embarrassment:
 
"oh he's a good boy most of the time, but now and then his father has to give him a dose of the strap -- or his mother has to warm his hiney good and proper with the hairbrush."
 
The friend said "well I'll bet that doesn't happen very often" to which Gramma quickly replied:
 
"Well last week when I was there he rode off on his bike and went downtown and all over God's creation to places he knew darn well he wasn't supposed to go.  His mother found out and when she asked him about it during supper he looked right into her face and tried to lie his  way out of it to her.  But it didn'...    less

Just about every Sunday we either hosted dinner for extended family members, or else we went to a relative's house for Sunday dinner.
Invariably, the subject would usually come up since there were cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.  Rather than "ancient" spanki...  moreJust about every Sunday we either hosted dinner for extended family members, or else we went to a relative's house for Sunday dinner.
Invariably, the subject would usually come up since there were cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.  Rather than "ancient" spankings being reported, it was usually reported if someone had been giving a spanking during the past week or two.  
All the details would come out, starting with what the child had done, how he/she was spanked (e.g. hairbrush, strap, wooden spoon) who spanked the child (mother or father) and anything else relevant to the event (such as "if he ever pulls that stunt again he won't be able to sit down for a week")
The victim would slink down in the chair at the table with a very red face.
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I know what you mean.  I would agree to keep the soap in my mouth all night in order to avoid the hairbrush.

If my mom put you over her lap and blistered your bare hiney with the hairbrush over and over, you would easily see how a mouth soaping would be preferable.

Sometimes I just got my mouth washed out with soap.  The reason was for telling a lie or using "bad words".  
But, If I told a lie to cover up some mischievous act or disobeying my mom, more likely than not, I would get my mouth washed out with soap, then...  moreSometimes I just got my mouth washed out with soap.  The reason was for telling a lie or using "bad words".  
But, If I told a lie to cover up some mischievous act or disobeying my mom, more likely than not, I would get my mouth washed out with soap, then a good spanking with the hairbrush, and finally put to bed for the night.
If I had the choice, which I didn't of course, I would gladly take a mouth soaping in lieu of a hairbrush spanking.  That would be a very easy decision.  A spanking with the hairbrush was the worst punishment to get in my family.
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My mom and dad would swear (use "bad words") but if I did, or my siblings did, we would get our mouth washed out with soap.  Double standard for sure!
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