Should parents be allowed to hit their kids?

I say no, just because not everyone is the same and has the same limitations on themselves. People sometimes go overboard with things such as this, and kids have been beaten to death by their parents before, where as others have been smacked on the hand once or twice. I was smacked on the hand once or twice when I was younger, and that's about it. Everyone was so scared of my father all he had to do was yell and everyone would listen. ;3