Grieving is a process during which person strives to continue living their life like they did before experiencing grief, while keeping memories of deceased person alive. Loss of a parent is one of the most stressful events in child's life and the reason why is because it represents direct attack on it's safety, growth and development. It's known that children's way of grieving is different from the grieving of adults. Child's grief depends on their development stage and pervious life experience. Consequences of parental loss in childhood can be diffrent and they include physical and mental health problems, poor performance in school and inability to accomplish intimate relationships in adulthood. To prevent these consequences it's important that child receives appropriate support from adults. The most common sources of support are surviving parent, members of family and friends. This article presents guidelines about how to talk with children about loss, how to prepare them for participation in funeral ceremony and suggestion of techniques which can be used by professional helpers.