   childViews: (view_class_name) =>
     _.map @_child_views[view_class_name], (cid) => @constructor.find(cid)
 
+  parentView: =>
+    Marbles.View.find(@_parent_view_cid)
+
   findParentView: (view_name) =>
     key = "_parent_#{view_name}_cid"
     return view if @[key] && (view = Marbles.View.find(@[key]))
 
     view = @
     while view && view.constructor.view_name != view_name
-      view = view.parent_view
+      view = view.parentView()
     @[key] = view.cid if view
     view
 

          _init = false
          el.view_cids ?= {}
          unless (_view_cid = el.view_cids[view_class_name]) && (view = viewClass.instances.all[_view_cid])
            view = new viewClass el: el, parent_view: @
            _init = true
          @_child_views[view_class_name] ?= []
          @_child_views[view_class_name].push view.cid

    @trackInstance()
    @initTemplates()

    for k in ['el', 'parent_view', '_parent_view_cid', 'container', 'render_method']
      @set(k, options[k]) if options[k]

    @on 'ready', @bindViews
