# Adding a child to a child

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-child-to-a-child/297882>\
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**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-child-to-a-child/297882 "2009-10-09T16:05:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![geestring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-a-child-to-a-child/297882/1 "2009-10-09T16:05:58Z")

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i have addChild(ball); in a for loop creating many balls.

i also have addChild(number);

I want number to be placed in the ball mc.

so ball.addChild(number);

However the whole thing freezes and takes longer than 15 seconds to load.

Is there something wrong with adding number, a textfield, in ball?