I believe Atticus was an excellent parent at his time. He was not judgmental based on the color of anyone’s skin, like Tom Robinson which is why he said, “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.” When he took his case in court nobody liked Atticus for defending a black man, but he did it anyway, because he knew he was innocent. He didn’t think Tom did it just because he was black, unlike what most of the white people thought. I also think he’s a superb father because he never hit his children, Jem and Scout, but they were still very well disciplined. They learned lessons by messing up, but instead of yelling at them or hitting them, he would
