# parent_type var (area)

Source: https://ref.dm-lang.org/area/var/parent_type

The default parent_type of [/area](https://ref.dm-lang.org/area/index.md) is [/atom](https://ref.dm-lang.org/atom/index.md).

### See also
> [parent_type var](https://ref.dm-lang.org/datum/var/parent_type.md)