There are many differing kinds of parents in society. They are there to be a guide and crutch for their children during the course of their lifetime. The way a mother and father decide to raise their children molds the person that they will be grow to be. The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee exhibits the parenting philosophy that Atticus Finch implemented upon Jem and Scout, his son and daughter. Atticus was a hardworking man who did whatever he could for his family. He made sure to always be a role model for his children and shaped them into people that they could be proud of. Atticus Finch was a fantastic father to his children. Firstly, Atticus treated his children as humans and not as robots that he could control …show more content…
He never used violence nor was he abusive towards his them. Parents will often times tell their children to do one thing but go on to do another. This is incredibly hypocritical and will not be effective for a child. Atticus remained true to himself and the people around him at all times. “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the streets.” (To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee) Atticus was not a two faced person. He had his own opinions and beliefs and stuck to them even if the world went against it. He demonstrated this when he defended the case of Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. Atticus was ridiculed by many including as his family and friends for his decision to defend a black man. This was due to the fact that racism was a major problem in the south at this time. He did his best to the defend Tom regardless of the point that the judicial system in Maycomb was extremely biased. The court would always rule in favor of a white person. Knowing he had very low chances of winning his case for Tom, Atticus still gave his all. He did what he could for Tom Robinson not because of skin color but because he was innocent. He showed his children to not base their judgement on the ethnicity of a person but on the person themselves. Jem and scout idolized their father and he chose to be the man that his children could follow. Perhaps his most important lesson was that it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. He followed his own words when he said this. A mockingbird was not to be killed because they were innocent and did nothing to harm a person. Practicing his own preaching, he did what he could to protect Tom Robinson, a person who was innocent, from the suffering he would face the moment Mayella Ewells, a white person, opened her