# children (/docs/query/children)

Proportions are u64-normalized fractions of the parent's stake, where
u64::MAX means 100%.

**Category:** Delegation

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter     | Type    | Description                           |
| ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- |
| `hotkey_ss58` | string  | Parent hotkey whose children to list. |
| `netuid`      | integer | Subnet to query.                      |

## CLI [#cli]

```bash
btcli query children --hotkey <ss58|name> --netuid <integer> --json
```

## Python [#python]

Namespace method (autocomplete, signature help):

```python
import bittensor as bt

sub = bt.Subtensor()
result = sub.delegation.children(hotkey_ss58="5F...", netuid=1)
```

Or dispatch by name, as an agent would:

```python
result = sub.read("children", hotkey_ss58="5F...", netuid=1)
```

Async is the same surface awaited: `async with bt.Subtensor() as client:`.

## On-chain implementation [#on-chain-implementation]

* Storage [`SubtensorModule.ChildKeys`](/code/pallets/subtensor/src/lib.rs#L1387)

Every file is browsable under [/code](/code) exactly as built into the runtime.