Parenting Lessons from Atticus Finch

The Parenting of Atticus

“The key to being a good dad...well, sometimes things work out just the way you want. Sometimes they don't. But you gotta hang in there. Because when all is said and done, 90% of being a dad is just showing up” ( Modern Family). Fathers aren’t perfect, but they can be the best role models to their children by simply being there for them like Atticus. He shows how to be a great father in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. While Atticus makes mistakes as a parent, he educates his children with wisdom they’ll use throughout their lives. Atticus teaches his children how to see from different point of views, violence is never the answer, and what real courage means.

Atticus’s technique of parenting has its

flaws, but he always has time to teach his children important life lessons. One of Atticus’s lessons, to his child named Scout, is that “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” (39). He educates Scout about the importance of understanding others and why they do the things they do. When Atticus perceives about Scout being physical to bullies, he tells Scout that she should hold her “head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anyone says to you, don’t let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change”(76). Atticus teaches his children to never stoop down to being aggressive to others and to use her head. Later on he shows his kids what real courage is through the acts of an elderly women not taking an addicting drug anymore at the end of her life. Atticus “wanted (them) to see something about her- I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand" (149). Atticus loves his kids and wants the best for them, so he teaches them what is right and wrong while being a role model too.
In conclusion, Atticus is a great father for being there for them and teaching them important life lessons. He is the type of father who will always do his ultimate best at being a father even though the way he raises them may not be correct in the eyes of other parents. Atticus just wants the best for his children and will always have time for them when they are in trouble. Teaching his children important lessons and all his wisdom is just one thing that makes Atticus a great father.