Through out the book “To kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee shows the character Atticus Finch as a very good and wise parent. We learn that he genuinely loves and cares for his children, and attemps to teach his own values such as justice and equality, into them. His parenting style is based on instilling conscience in them by teaching them the difference betwenn good and wrong. Atticus is a loving father, his relationship with Jem and Scout is a very close one, though they sometimes feel ashamed of him and consider him as too old they learn to respect him for his moral courage and integrity.
Atticus parenting style is focused on teaching justice and equality to his children through different actions and conversations. Throughout the novel, he teaches his Jem and Scout not to judge people After going to school, Scout doesn’t appreciate the new teacher, Atticus tells her “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. He is tryong to help her understand that she must accept and be tolerant of people who are different then her. In the book, this represents Scout’s first step towards maturation. Atticus never lies to his children, he is very honest and treats them with a lot of maturity. When Scout asks to her uncle Jack what a “whore-lady” is, he doesn’t honestly answer. Atticus gets irritated and tells his brother: “When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake.” Atticus knows that his children are kids, but he tries not to treat them differenlty from adults; he also teaches them how to read at a very young age. This shows how much Atticus wants his children to think for themselves, and how challenging he is.
Atticus’s relationship with his children is a very close, friendly and respectful. Jem and Scout call him