[ABSTRACT] The children?s mourning. In spite of the short number of specific studies about this topic, it is widely recognised that the children?s mourning presents some peculiar traits that are determined by the own features of the childhood; this is a stage in which the character and the personal resources of the human being are in process of development and therefore there exists a great dependence on the adult in order to face and solve problematic situations. Consequently, the child?s react