Along with the kidnapping and disappearance of people, State terrorism in Argentina ?which operated mostly during the dictatorship (1976-1983)? put into practice a systematic plan for the appropriation of their children, whether those of little age who were with their parents at the time of the house raid or those born in clandestine detention centers, product of the kidnapping of pregnant women, who were taken care of until they gave birth, then they were killed. These are the ?appropriated children? or the ?missing alive? that Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo try to find to restore their first identity. In this article we explore, from a broad textual and visual corpus, the two fundamental processes ?appropriation and restitution? of this appropriated childhood, considering its diverse dimensions: legal, psychoanalytic, identity (genetic and subjective) and the familiar. We also describe two narratives that serve as models: restorative narratives and counter narratives. Finally, we close with a brief reflection on the category of "missing alive" and its possible significant drifts in the present context.