Throughout our lives we"re influenced and taught by many. It can have an effect on the way we view problems and events within public boundaries. One of the most important and most effective influences children have in their lives occurs from their parents. The parents of a child can have both a positive and a negative influence on their lives. In this novel there are two very good examples of how parents can be an important influence on their children. Father of Jem and Scout Finch, Atticus Finch, plays the loving, caring and intelligent single parent, he is struggling to...
by" Lee, pg.171. The Ewell family is described to be the poorest family in Maycomb.

Parents have the most important task in a child's life by helping them correctly develop their physical and mental lives. Not only should they teach them good moral values, but they should also provide them with examples of good behavior, and how to support a family. Every one who contains these features of parenthood is extremely important and can reflect an entire life of a person. They will most importantly determine the examples and influences that will be passed down from generation to generation.