Atticus as a Father (Version For Grading)

Atticus is a father who uses psychology over physicality when raising his children. Take for instance when Atticus caught his children making a play of Boo Radley's life. Instead of beating them with his belt upon their butts, he caught Jem in a old school lawyer trick when he got Jem to say "We weren't makin' fun of him, we weren't laughin' at him, we were just-." Atticus then knew what the kids were doing, since Jem had just told him. Atticus is clearly trying to instill open thinking, and using their minds over their bodies. He is trying to teach his kids to treat their neighbors well, even when they're being mean, for they are still their friends. Most of all, I believe that Atticus is trying to teach his children to not be racist. To treat everyone equally, no matter what the color of their skin is.
Atticus is a lot like my parents in the sense that they always try to outsmart me. The difference is that my parents are very into sports while Atticus doesn't. I wouldn't like to have Atticus as a father because sports are very important to me and I think that it's important to have parents that are there to push you forward.