# Referencing parent in child controller

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/referencing-parent-in-child-controller/5850>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 8, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/referencing-parent-in-child-controller/5850 "2014-07-08T15:32:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoshElias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JoshElias](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/JoshElias)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/referencing-parent-in-child-controller/5850/1 "2014-07-08T15:32:20Z")

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If you have a parent ArrayController that renders a child through an `{{outlet}}`, can you not reference the parent inside the child by `"parentView"`?

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**Author:** ![JoshElias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JoshElias](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/JoshElias)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/referencing-parent-in-child-controller/5850/2 "2014-07-08T15:53:58Z")

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I don’t want to ask the store for this property. My ArrayController already has it I just want it passed into the child.

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**Author:** ![macu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/macu/32/5402_2.png) [@macu](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/macu)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/referencing-parent-in-child-controller/5850/3 "2014-07-08T20:19:16Z")

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You may be able to use `"parentController"`, however the standard way to get at the parent route’s model is to use [`modelFor`](http://emberjs.com/api/classes/Ember.Route.html#method_modelFor) in the child route.