# Change parent without moving child

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-parent-without-moving-child/298670>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-parent-without-moving-child/298670 "2009-10-22T18:38:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![WillyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@WillyR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WillyR)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-parent-without-moving-child/298670/1 "2009-10-22T18:38:17Z")

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Hey, I’m working on a project and I need to be able to change the movieclips parent without moving the child, so I can tween it into position myself.

Any ideas on how I would do this?