Atticus as a Father.

To me, Atticus is an older parent, with much of some world experiences in the palm of his hands... He's very intelligent, and tries to pass on his knowledge to his kids, which I think he does a good job at. In the book, innocent Scout asks her dad if he is a "N lover." I learned about Atticus's job of a parent when his reply was, "I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes---baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you." Values that Atticus tries to instill in his children were that they should be strong and shouldn't judge one another. 

I honestly wouldn't mind having a father like Atticus, seeing as how he's not too different than my own parents. He's like my mom a lot... most of the values Atticus has taught Scout and Jem in the book were values my mom has taught me. She's taught me to be fair, loyal, non-judgemental, and so on. The only way he's different is that Atticus isn't a very affectionate man, while my parents are very affectionate.