Children begin to be interested in death at very early age, but they don’t fully grasp it. Children’s understanding of death is not short-term, but a complex process that takes place slowly and gradually, suitable for their cognitive and emotional development. However, experiences with death have a significant impact on their cognitive and psychological development. Limiting talking about death, thinking that children should be protected from the thought of death and associated rituals, will not alleviate their pain of loss, but will instead only interfere with their understanding of death and their ability to cope with it. Children ask questions about death, whether they have experienced it or not. For this reason, the questions asked by children about death and the content of the questions, the explanations and reasons of the parents are important in terms of understanding the concept of death. In this qualitative descriptive study, how children perceive death was examined through the questions they asked their parents. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the parents of 20 children aged 7-13 living in Turkey. Children’s questions about death were examined thematically according to their cognitive, affective and developmental characteristics, and their parents’ religious and demographic characteristics.