# Libary item's children are null in the constructor

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/libary-items-children-are-null-in-the-constructor/300614>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 24, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/libary-items-children-are-null-in-the-constructor/300614 "2009-11-24T16:16:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/libary-items-children-are-null-in-the-constructor/300614/1 "2009-11-24T16:16:49Z")

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I have a class tied to a library item, but no matter what I do, if I access any of the children (added via the stage in the Flash IDE) in the constructor of the class, they always return null and give me #1009 errors.

I could work around it, but it would turn out quite ugly. Any solutions?