Harper LeeAtticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.
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Atticus saw it as his duty to look out for his children and their happiness. When he heard Scout and Jem talk about reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he told them that the book was not the type of thing they should be reading because it had vulgar language and was not something a young girl would be interested in. However, Atticus understood that an adult should try and understand what a child is interested in and why they are interested in something.
Source: To Kill A Mockingbird
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- Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.