--- description: "It's ok, they might have guns but we have flowers" title: Watch a Father and Son Have a Touching Conversation About the Paris Attacks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Father and Son Have a Touching Conversation About the Paris Attacks ## Video: Know Right Now: French Officials Search for Second Fugitive [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: French Officials Search for Second Fugitive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/93oYwVPg.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-11-17. A manhunt is underway for at least one suspect involved in the Paris attacks_ by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 17, 2015 3:54 PM CUT by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 17, 2015 3:54 PM CUT A father and son interviewed by a French television channel gave Parisians and those mourning the [deadly Paris attacks](http://time.com/4115959/paris-attacks-manhunt-update/ "undefined") a different way to think about the tragedy and its aftermath. [Le Petit Journal of Canal Plus](http://www.canalplus.fr/c-emissions/c-le-petit-journal/pid6515-le-petit-journal.html?vid=1331026 "undefined") interviewed a young boy about the attacks, asking him if he understood what happened on Friday. “Yes, because they’re really really mean,” he says. “Bad guys are not very nice.” The young boy then worries out loud that they might have to move, to which his father reassures him: “France is our home.” [_Read next: How to Talk to Your Kids About the Attacks in Paris_](http://time.com/4112751/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-the-attacks-in-paris/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4116180/paris-attacks-father-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4116180/paris-attacks-father-son/"},"headline":"Watch a Father and Son Have a Touching Conversation About the Paris Attacks","datePublished":"2015-11-17T15:54:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:58.734Z","description":"\"It's OK, they might have guns but we have flowers\"","url":"https://time.com/4116180/paris-attacks-father-son/","keywords":["Newsfeed","France","Know Right Now"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4116180/paris-attacks-father-son/","name":"Watch a Father and Son Have a Touching Conversation About the Paris Attacks"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: French Officials Search for Second Fugitive","description":"A manhunt is underway for at least one suspect involved in the Paris attacks","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/93oYwVPg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-17T18:51:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/93oYwVPg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4116180/paris-attacks-father-son/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4116180/paris-attacks-father-son/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```