Despite numerous studies on love, children’s perspective has remained a small and thus interesting, unexplored niche for research on emotions. This study is focused on children’s perspective of love from a sociological perspective. Qualitative approach was applied and semi - structured interviews were conducted with nine children aged 5 to 10 years, in the areas of cities Rijeka and Zagreb. Based on research questions (What does family mean for children and is a traditional family still present in contemporary society ?, How do children perceive themselves in society, and how do they perceive adults ?, Which differences are observed between children and adults ?, In what form is the term love present with children?) 3 categories were detected: family, childhood and love. The results showed that children have a realistic thinking about love, they realize it takes a lot of work and effort and that quarrels are an integral part of every relationship, and don’t indicate a lack of love. This points out that children have an important role in society and more studies with children as subjects can significantly contribute to better understanding their complex but unique way of thinking.