# Parent to Child (functions), Child to Parent (events)?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-to-child-functions-child-to-parent-events/286676>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 18, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-to-child-functions-child-to-parent-events/286676 "2009-04-18T23:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![contrast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@contrast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/contrast)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-to-child-functions-child-to-parent-events/286676/1 "2009-04-18T23:19:47Z")

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Is it correct to think that the way a parent should communicate to it’s children is by calling their public functions? And that for a child to communicate to it’s parent it should dispatch an event that the parent listens for?

Thanks for helping me understand this.