# addChild on delay?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-on-delay/304082>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 1, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-on-delay/304082 "2010-02-01T14:28:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![martiandrivein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@martiandrivein](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/martiandrivein)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-on-delay/304082/1 "2010-02-01T14:28:10Z")

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I’m looking to add a child back to the stage after a brief delay, how might I do this in AS3?