Miserable or not, I've learned one thing about Polish people based on the statements above: they sure know a lot about parenting! How I loathe today's pussified parents and their comical "timeout" threats. Oh now, not the corner! Sorry, it seems I've gone off on a tangent. Perhaps Polish people are miserable because they give offspring to inherently bratty kids?
So you suggest smacking your kids? abusing them? making them at times hurt physically and emotionally, making kids think it is ok to hit to get they're points accross.
if you hit a kid then you have lost control of the situation, you are the dad or mum.
If you hit your child then your just has bad has some of the other wankers in this world