I completely understand the temptation to write Fëanor off as a bad father, but personally I always imagine him as being an amazing one for two reasons.
First is because of his relationship with his own father. Finwë was his only parent. The Silm, which is not shy about describing his faults, explicitly states that Fëanor loved his father more than anything else. You can’t convince me that he wouldn’t want the same thing with his sons.
Secondly, it just makes it so much more tragic. A good amount of the inherent tragedy of the Silm comes from watching Fëanor lead his sons to death and ruin and the doom of the Oath. If He had always been a bad father, then it doesn’t hit half as hard.
So let Fëanor be a good father. Let him be the kind of father who used to sit by Maedhros’s crib all night, utterly in awe of his firstborn. The kind of father who made Maglor’s first harp, and then listened to every single one of the songs he learned, without fail. Who taught Celegorm and Caranthir how to ride, and raced them all across Valinor. Who could always, always tell Amrod and Amras apart, and treated them like individuals rather than halves of a whole. Let Fëanor be a good father, and then cry even harder when it all falls apart.
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