Child Independence

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✓ Child Independence

Can you use the component with a wide range of child element types?

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It’s fine for a component to treat certain types of children specially (e.g., a <select> treats <optgroup> children differently than <option> children), but if a component treats all its children in the same general way, it’s preferable if children can be of any element type. Keep in mind that components can be subclassed, so avoid expressing an expectation that a child will always have a particular tag. (See Subclassing.)