diff --git a/src/cript/nodes/main.py b/src/cript/nodes/main.py
index db95ecc..f1d4912 100644
--- a/src/cript/nodes/main.py
+++ b/src/cript/nodes/main.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from jsonschema.exceptions import best_match
 from uuid import uuid4
 
+import cript
+import inspect
 from cript import Cript, NotFoundError, camel_case_to_snake_case, extract_node_from_result
 from .schema import cript_schema
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.__dict__["exists"] = self.__dict__.get("exists", False)
         self.__dict__["client"] = self.__dict__.get("client", Cript())
         self.__dict__["children"] = self.__dict__.get("children", {})
-        self.__dict__["initialized"] = False
+        self.__dict__["initialized"] = kwargs.get("initialized", False)
         self.__dict__["parent"] = None
         schema = copy.deepcopy(cript_schema)
         schema["$ref"] = f"#/$defs/{self.__class__.__name__}Post"
@@ -37,6 +39,14 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self.__dict__["validator_instance"] = cls(schema, resolver=resolver)
         else:
             self.__dict__["validator_instance"] = cls(schema)
+
+        allowed_attributes = self._allowed_attributes(kwargs)
+
+        # Early exit for initialized nodes
+        if self.initialized:
+            for key in allowed_attributes:
+                setattr(self, key, kwargs[key])
+            return
         d = dict(*args, **kwargs)
 
         if self._retrieve_on_init or kwargs.get("uuid"):
@@ -67,6 +77,34 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.final_update()
         self.__dict__["initialized"] = True
 
+
+    def _allowed_attributes(self, attributes):
+        allowed_data = {}
+        for key in attributes:
+            if key in self.__dict__["schema"]["$defs"][f"{self.__class__.__name__}Post"]["properties"]:
+                allowed_data[key] = attributes[key]
+        return allowed_data
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _from_dict(json_dict: dict):
+        node_name_list = json_dict.get("node", None)
+        if node_name_list is None or not isinstance(node_name_list, list) or len(node_name_list) != 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Conversion of dictionary to CRIPT Node failed, since 'node' is {node_name_list} given.")
+        node_name_str = node_name_list[0]
+
+        for key, pyclass in inspect.getmembers(cript.nodes, inspect.isclass):
+            if CriptNode in inspect.getmro(pyclass):
+                if key == node_name_str:
+                    next_node = pyclass._cls_from_dict(json_dict)
+                    return next_node
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknow node conversion attempt {json_dict}")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _cls_from_dict(cls, json_dict: dict):
+        json_dict["initialized"] = True
+        next_node = cls(**json_dict)
+        return next_node
+
     @property
     def name_url(self):
         return camel_case_to_snake_case(self.__class__.__name__)
@@ -316,11 +354,10 @@ def retrieve_by_uuid(self, uuid):
             result = self.__dict__["client"].nodes.retrieve(node=self.name_url, uuid=uuid)
             data = extract_node_from_result(result.data)
             self.__dict__["exists"] = True
-            allowed_data = {}
-            for key in data:
-                if key in self.__dict__["schema"]["$defs"][f"{self.__class__.__name__}Post"]["properties"]:
-                    setattr(self, key, data[key])
-                    allowed_data[key] = data[key]
+
+            allowed_data = self._allowed_attributes(data)
+            for key in allowed_data:
+                setattr(self, key, data[key])
             self.__dict__["__original__"] = copy.deepcopy(allowed_data)
         except NotFoundError:
             self.__dict__["exists"] = False
diff --git a/src/cript/resources/child.py b/src/cript/resources/child.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d01fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cript/resources/child.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+import httpx
+from .._types import NOT_GIVEN, Body, Query, Headers, NotGiven
+from .._utils import (
+    maybe_transform,
+    async_maybe_transform,
+)
+from .._compat import cached_property
+from .._response import (
+    to_raw_response_wrapper,
+    to_streamed_response_wrapper,
+    async_to_raw_response_wrapper,
+    async_to_streamed_response_wrapper,
+)
+from .._base_client import (
+    make_request_options,
+)
+import cript
+import inspect
+from ..types.shared.search import Search
+from .._resource import SyncAPIResource
+
+class ChildPaginator:
+    # TODO consider writing operations
+    def __init__(self, parent, child, client=None, raw_dict_output=False):
+        if client is None:
+            client = parent.client
+        self._client = client
+        self._parent = parent
+        self._child = child
+
+        self._current_child_list = []
+        self._current_child_position = 0
+        self._current_page = 0
+        self._count = None
+        self.raw_dict_output = raw_dict_output
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        self._current_child_position = 0
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        if self._current_child_position >= len(self._current_child_list):
+            self._fetch_next_page()
+        try:
+            next_node = self._current_child_list[self._current_child_position]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise StopIteration
+
+        self._current_child_position += 1
+
+        if not self.raw_dict_output:
+
+        return next_node
+
+    def _fetch_next_page(self):
+        if self._finished_fetching:
+            raise StopIteration
+
+        response = self._client._child.child(self._parent, self._child, self._current_page)
+        self._current_page += 1
+        if self._count is not None and self._count != int(response.data.count):
+            raise RuntimeError("The number of elements for a child iteration changed during pagination. This may lead to inconsistencies. Please try again.")
+        self._count = int(response.data.count)
+
+        self._current_child_list += response.data.result
+
+    # Make it a random access iterator, since ppl expect it to behave list a list
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        key_index = int(key)
+        previous_pos = self._current_child_position
+        try:
+            if key_index < 0:
+                while not self._finished_fetching:
+                    next(self)
+
+            while len(self._current_child_list) <= key_index:
+                try:
+                    next(self)
+                except StopIteration:
+                    break
+        finally:
+            self._current_child_position = previous_pos
+        # We don't need explicit bounds checking, since the list access does that for us.
+        return self._current_child_list[key_index]
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        previous_pos = self._current_child_position
+        try:
+            if self._count is None:
+                try:
+                    next(iter(self))
+                except StopIteration:
+                    self._count = 0
+        finally:
+            self._current_child_position = previous_pos
+        return self._count
+
+    @property
+    def _finished_fetching(self):
+        if self._count is None:
+            return False
+        return len(self._current_child_list) == self._count
+
+
+class ChildResource(SyncAPIResource):
+    @cached_property
+    def with_raw_response(self):
+        return ChildResourceWithRawResponse(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def with_streaming_response(self):
+        return ChildResourceWithStreamingResponse(self)
+
+    def child(
+            self,
+            parent,
+            child: str,
+            page: int,
+            *,
+            extra_headers: Headers | None = None,
+            extra_query: Query | None = None,
+            extra_body: Body | None = None,
+            timeout: float | httpx.Timeout | None | NotGiven = NOT_GIVEN,
+    ) -> Search:
+        """
+        Obtain all children of parent node.
+
+        Args:
+          parent: parent node
+          child: attribute name of the child node
+        """
+        return self._get(f"/{parent.name_url}/{parent.uuid}/{child}",
+                         options=make_request_options(
+                             extra_headers=extra_headers,
+                             extra_query=extra_query,
+                             extra_body=extra_body,
+                             query={"page": page},
+                             timeout=timeout,
+                         ),
+                         cast_to=Search,
+                         )
+
+
+class ChildResourceWithRawResponse:
+    def __init__(self, child:ChildResource) -> None:
+        self._child = child
+
+        self.node = to_raw_response_wrapper(child.node)
+
+class ChildResourceWithStreamingResponse:
+    def __init__(self, child:ChildResource) -> None:
+        self._child = child
+
+        self.node = to_streamed_response_wrapper(child.node)
diff --git a/tests/api_resources/test_cript.py b/tests/api_resources/test_cript.py
index b1c2cde..ec1f7cb 100644
--- a/tests/api_resources/test_cript.py
+++ b/tests/api_resources/test_cript.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+import cript
 from cript import *
 
 base_url = os.environ.get("TEST_API_BASE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:4010")
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def test_create_project(self) -> None:
             notes="my notes",
         )
         assert node.get("name") is not None
-    
+
     def test_create_collection_exisiting_project(self) -> None:
         col1=Collection(name=generic_collection)
         proj = Project(uuid=CREATED_UUID, collection=[col1])
@@ -67,6 +68,15 @@ def test_create_experiment_exisiting_collection(self) -> None:
         proj1 = Project(uuid=CREATED_UUID, collection=[col1])
         assert exp1.get("name") == generic_experiment
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("query", ["tol", "styrene"])
+    def test_create_children(self, query) -> None:
+        result = Search(node="Material", q=query, filters={"limit": 10})
+        for i, d in enumerate(result):
+            node = cript.nodes.CriptNode._from_dict(d)
+            assert isinstance(node, cript.nodes.CriptNode)
+            assert isinstance(node, cript.Material)
+            assert query in node.name.lower()
+        assert i > 0
 
     def test_create_material(self) -> None:
         comp_forcefield= ComputationalForcefield(key="mmff", building_block="atom")