Children see the world through their parent’s eyes, and the way a parent looks at the world will shape how their child looks at the world- and its tragedies- for their entire life. When faced with the impossible task of making his small son understand the horrors of the recent attacks, this father gave the perfect explanation.
In the video, a reporter from Le Petit Journal asks a young boy if he understands what happened, and why the attackers did what they did.
“Yes, because they’re really really mean. Bad guys are not very nice. And… we have to be really careful because we have to change houses.”
The adorable boy was afraid that they’d have to move because the bad people were in Paris, but his dad explains that France is their home, and that there are bad people everywhere. And when his son says that the mean people have guns that could shoot them, this incredible father had the perfect response.
“It’s ok, they might have guns but we have flowers,” the father explained. When the boy said that flowers couldn’t do anything, the father points to all the people putting down flowers and lighting candles. “It’s to fight against guns,” he says.
Once the boy understood that the flowers and candles would protect them, his face lit up, and told the reporter that he felt better.
Watch the entire video below to see a perfect example of what it means to be a dad in the wake of a tragedy.
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[Featured image credit: Le Petit Journal]