---
title: "ListParent"
description: "the thing an item of a list belongs to (a comment's post, a reply's comment, an edition's newsletter): the item field that carries the parent's key, the parent's kind and key namespace, and the connection from the item to the parent with the role each takes"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/listparent
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ListParent

the thing an item of a list belongs to (a comment's post, a reply's comment, an edition's newsletter): the item field that carries the parent's key, the parent's kind and key namespace, and the connection from the item to the parent with the role each takes

[figure: ListParent is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `key_path` | `text` | yes | the item field that carries the parent's key |
| `kind` | [KindOfEntity](/concepts/kindofentity) | yes |  |
| `key_namespace` | `text` | yes |  |
| `key_prefix` | `text` | no | put before the key's value |
| `connection` | [KindOfConnection](/concepts/kindofconnection) | yes |  |
| `item_role` | `text` | yes | the item's role in the connection |
| `parent_role` | `text` | yes | the parent's role |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns ListParent directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.