This paper succinctly describes the most common grief reactions among children and sheds light on the specific traits associated with grief following a suicide. Despite the tragic aspect of suicide for those who remain, children’s adaptation to loss will depend, in great part, on the adaptation of their parent or parents. It will likewise depend on the quantity and quality of the support available over the months and even the years following the loss, as well as on a parent’s ability to assume new roles, on openness, on frankness and the adaptive manner in which the adult will discuss suicide with the child.