# Child mc looking at parent

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-mc-looking-at-parent/324361>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 17, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-mc-looking-at-parent/324361 "2011-08-17T00:43:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![newtome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c4cdca/32.png) [@newtome](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/newtome)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-mc-looking-at-parent/324361/1 "2011-08-17T00:43:12Z")

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I have 9 child mc’s as buttons in the parent. How could the child discover what name the parent has given it? Can the child examine a parent variable?