# Child Parent AHHHHHH

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-parent-ahhhhhh/258635
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 25, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-parent-ahhhhhh/258635 "2008-04-25T21:20:47Z")
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### Author: ![gargantus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/gargantus/32/3236_2.png) [@gargantus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gargantus)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/child-parent-ahhhhhh/258635/1 "2008-04-25T21:20:47Z")

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Hey there guys,  
addChild is handy in a lot of ways but has (for me) made some of the simple things harder.  
My problem is loading a movieclip in a container and then replacing it with another.  
in as2 you would just attachMovieClip on the container and it replaces the last clip.  
If i do it in as3 it just adds it to the stack is there an easy way round this anyone that i am missing? so i can easily load a clip and remove whatever is in the container.

Cheers for your help…🙂