# Not finding one child

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-finding-one-child/308185>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 18, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-finding-one-child/308185 "2010-04-18T17:47:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Geki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Geki)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-finding-one-child/308185/1 "2010-04-18T17:47:44Z")

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Hey,

I’d calling out  
\*trace(this.parent.numChildren);  
_which returns me “2”. Now, when I call out \*  
trace(this.parent.getChildAt(1));_  
it returns me “null”.

What is the problem as there are two movieclips in the parent called “sb” and “content”.