Atticus as a father

Atticus is the type father that does not really care what you do as long as you are not hurting anyone. This is proven when Atticus tells Scout and Jem that they can shoot all the blue birds they want but they can't shoot mockingbirds with their new air guns. Atticuss lets Jem and Scout shoot birds but he but he will not let them hurt anything innocent. I found this to be true when Miss Maudie said "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up peoples gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us."(90)

Atticus is like my parents in someways but he is mostly different. My dad is closer to Atticus then my mother. Since my parents are devorced my dad has not gotten mad at me at all other then times I really was asking for. My mom is different though. She is really stict and gets mad at me for a lot of reasons but mainly over my school work. If I had a parent like Atticus I am not really sure if I would like it or not. I would most likly prefer my parents.