Atticus is a very effective father to Jem and Scout. He tries hard to be a good father and does what's best for them. He wants them to be smart and not grow up inexperienced. Atticus doesn't want his kids getting into any trouble.
             Atticus once said to his child Scout you never know a man until you walk around in his shoes for awhile. What he meant when he said this to her is that you can't judge people buy how they look, you have to experience how their life is and then you can judge. He lets his children wonder off into town and the fields hoping they will gain new experience and skills in new situations that they will come to. He wants his children to grow up experienced and skilled so that they will be well set when its their time to face reality.
             Even though Atticus wants best for his children, he is a busy man and yet he makes the effort to make it back home on time so that he can read to his daughter Scout. Atticus wants to read to Scout every night because he is hoping that she will pick up on it and read for herself. All he wants is for his children to be smart and know what their doing.
             His children are very adventurous kids and he tries his best to keep them out of trouble. They always run off and get into trouble and he comes and saves them. He tells them not to fight and that fist fights don't solve anything. He tries to keep them away from the Radley place and stop them from teasing Boo. I know that Atticus has succeeded in keeping his children out of trouble because Scout says that "Were far too old to settle it with a fist fight".
             Atticus is a great father and I am sure any kid wouldn't mind for him to be theirs. Through all the steps of life that he has taken Jem and Scout through he seems to have succeeded in letting them grow up the right way.
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