From the perspective of developmental psychology, this paper summarizes related research of coping in children and adolescents and describes the theory development of coping, characteristics of coping development in children and adolescents, influencing factors on their coping. It also looks into the future of coping research. As to the coping theory, there is a picture of development from static to dynamic, from single factor to multi-factor involved, and from single dimension to multi-level models. As to the coping development in children and adolescence, it sets forth some requirements on cognitive abilities, which also establishes great links to regulation process. Considering the prospect of coping research, topics about construct of coping itself, research methods as well as mechanism of coping on individuals’ psychological development are all points that we should pay attention and give further exploration to.