# Beginner question on Children and Parents

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-question-on-children-and-parents/268369
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-question-on-children-and-parents/268369 "2008-08-13T02:57:25Z")
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### Author: ![vonkoenig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@vonkoenig](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vonkoenig)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/beginner-question-on-children-and-parents/268369/1 "2008-08-13T02:57:25Z")

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Hi All,

Maybe someone can help me with the timeline navigation problem I have with AS3.

I have built a navigation for a portfolio website and need to link timeline of a child movie clip with its parent’s timeline. (I hope it is coherent…). So far I have managed to get to the higher level parent timeline, but cannot get to the specific frame number/ frame label.

This is what I have now

landazer\_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE\_DOWN, goazer2);

function goazer2(myevent:MouseEvent):void {  
gotoAndPlay(this.landazer\_btn. parent);  
}

this brings me as i said to the parent MC timeline, without any error messages.

But where or how shall i say which frame number of frame label should the playhead jump to?

or maybe there is a better way to link the timelines in AS3? I have been searching through all my reference books and web but still have difficulties finding an answer - I am really a beginner in AS. :sen:

Thanks to everyone in advance!  
Marina