Atticus as a Father

Atticus is a good father. He is an intelligent understanding parent with good values. At the end of chapter 13 Atticus is told by Aunt Alexandra to tell Scout "how to be a finch."  He tells her and she begins to cry. However on page (134) realizes that he has made a mistake and says, "don't you worry. it's not time to worry." This shows that Atticus doesn't want his children to be told what to be like or to look like. He also wants to teach his children that no one is better than anyone else.

Atticus has many of the same values as my parents do. One way that my parents are different from him is that they try to be with with my brother and I as much as they can. They don't believe in leaving us for extended periods of time. They did however teach us from a young age values that he teaches such as no one is better than anyone else.