# Accessing properties and methods in parent from child?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-properties-and-methods-in-parent-from-child/331946>\
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**Created:** [December 5, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-properties-and-methods-in-parent-from-child/331946 "2013-12-05T07:48:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-properties-and-methods-in-parent-from-child/331946/1 "2013-12-05T07:48:26Z")

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How efficient (or inefficient) is it to send the parent class to the child class via argument (ie: child.loadParent(this)) and access the parent that way? I am aware of extending, but whenever i try to extend a parent to a child when the instance of that child is created in the parent i always get an error. what is the best way of manipulating the parent via child?

\*\*I am aware that there are multiple resources for this information online, but the answers are always far to generic.

Thanks.