The present study aimed to investigate the mourning process of parents who lost their children in traffic accidents, focusing on the role of rituals and senses built by them. We conducted a qualitative research with 10 mourning parents (two fathers and eight mothers). The data were obtained through interviews with semi-structured script, analyzed later according to the content analysis method. The authors interviewed 10 subjects – 2 fathers and 8 mothers – and analyzed the interviews using the content analysis method. From the narratives, five categories of analysis emerged: emotional, physical and behavioral experiences; rituals; construction of meaning; continuation of the bond and social support. This study was presented in the format of four articles. From the results, we can suggest that parental mourning by accidental death is a complex phenomenon, demanding of the parents an intense psychic work that demands time, besides generating changes in their psychic, familiar and social lives. The public and private rituals performed by the parents were of enormous importance for the development of parental mourning process, as well as the possibility of continuing the bond with their dead children. Religiousness has proved to be a powerful coping resource, providing meaning to the unexpected loss of children. The received social support functioned as a protection factor during the mourning process, highlighting the important role of support groups. The results of the research are useful for the development of evaluation and intervention tools that are based on a model of mourning that takes into account the idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of each situation and considers the meaning as crucial determinant of adjustment to the loss, helping bereaved parents to their confrontation.