getChildByName()

Through getChildByName is it possible to access the mouseChildren property of a Sprite? I’m guessing no, but before I go about changing something I want to make sure it’s necessary and that I’m not just doing something wrong…

ex:

STAGE.getChildByName('container').mouseChildren = false;

Would give me an error. I see this is because getChildByName returns a DisplayObject object. So I guess my question is: Is it possible to get the actual Object (Sprite in my case)?