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Getting it doesn't have much purpose, but in this case the parent of the object property is the object.

Now, that's not always true, for example:

myDoc.pages[n].parent

is not the document but a spread.

In the case you're working with, the parent happens to be the same object as you used to address it.

It's not clear to me what you're complaining about. If you are looking for the parent of the child, it's the character that holds it. If you're looking for its parent text frame, you need:

theChildRef.parent.parentTextFrames[0]

and, as long as the character in question isn't overset, that'll work.

Dave