Refugee children are the most vulnerable group of the refugee crisis, and reporting on them requires special attention. Therefore, it is important to explore the media and determine what the patterns are when they report on refugee children, and whether there is any room for improvement. The goal of this research was, using quantitative and qualitative analysis of content, to determine how the two biggest national newspapers, Jutarnji list and Večernji list, reported on refugee children and how the journalists approached this unusual situation when the first refugees started to enter Croatia. Texts, photos and front pages that mentioned or reported on refugee children during the first months of the crisis, from 17th September to 17th October 2015, were analysed. The research determined that there were 94 articles that reported on refugee children and that there were 180 photos, distributed almost evenly between Jutarnji list and Večernji list. Four hypotheses were confirmed, while one was refuted, which showed that refugee children dominated in photos in 80 per cent of the cases and only in 12 per cent of texts. Also, the research showed that the identity of the children was protected in the texts, which springs from the general pattern of writing about refugee children. On the other hand, the identity of children was not protected when it comes to photos, which was caused by personalized photos. Although the journalists showed that they are willing to sensitize the public and avoided negative reporting, only one article was published that reported on the problems of refugee children in an analytical and professional manner. Therefore, there is room for improvement when it comes to the interest of the journalists for the topic.