Controversy In Huckleberry Finn

Should parents be allowed to hit their children?
Parents think that every time a child does something they are suppose to get hit for it. Well in my opinion I think that they should be allowed to hit their child but I also think that they shouldn't be able to hit their child. Three reasons why I think parents should be able to hit their children are: 1 children need discipline, 2. Children should know who's in control, and 3. If a parent beats a child for something wrong they tend to do better and be more respectable. Three reasons why I think parents should not be allowed to hit their children are: 1. It’s child abuse, 2. Sometime parents tend to take it out of proportion and 3. It may cause a child to dislike their parent.
Children need discipline. If a child is doing something wrong or did something wrong then they should be punished for it. If they don't understand right from wrong then they will continue to do wrong. I think children should know who's in control. If a child constantly gets smart with someone or get away with saying or doing something wrong then pretty soon they won't respect anybody. Children should always respect their elders no matter what the situation is. When a child gets a beating for something they did wrong they wouldn't be very smart if they did the same thing and got hit again. So when a child gets hit for something they did wrong they won't do t again and they will probably be more respectable.
IDon’t think that a parent should be able to hit their child because it's abuse. When parents hit their children they sometimes tend to leave bruises. If someone gets hit hard enough for him or her to bruise then that’s abuse. Sometimes parents tend to take it out of proportion. If a parent is angry and then the child is doing something wrong if they hit them they may take all their anger out on the child just because they have that opportunity. Hitting a child may cause them to dislike their parents. If a parent constantly hits a child then the child may not like them no more.
so I think that parents should be able to hit their child but only to a certain extent