In To Kill a Mockingbird, How does Atticus encourage his children to have empathy for others?

Atticus tries to help his children empathise with others in To Kill a mockingbird. In a world where people judge each other based on their skin colour and class, Atticus wants his children to treat other people with dignity and respect. In order to help them understand people who are different from them, Atticus tells the children, 'You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus tries to show the children that the way people are perceived by others, isn't sometimes what they are like in reality. For example, people make assumptions about Boo Radley that are based on rumour and speculation rather than fact. He wants his children to show empathy to people like Boo, who are misunderstood by others.