diff --git a/opal/browser/dom.rb b/opal/browser/dom.rb
index 39fd6ee..e9bc679 100644
--- a/opal/browser/dom.rb
+++ b/opal/browser/dom.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'browser/dom/node_set'
 require 'browser/dom/node'
+require 'browser/dom/parent_node'
 require 'browser/dom/attribute'
 require 'browser/dom/character_data'
 require 'browser/dom/text'
diff --git a/opal/browser/dom/element.rb b/opal/browser/dom/element.rb
index a9087f2..5f3095e 100644
--- a/opal/browser/dom/element.rb
+++ b/opal/browser/dom/element.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 module Browser; module DOM
 
 class Element < Node
+  include ParentNode
+
   def self.create(*args)
     $document.create_element(*args)
   end
diff --git a/opal/browser/dom/node.rb b/opal/browser/dom/node.rb
index a300300..c30a20a 100644
--- a/opal/browser/dom/node.rb
+++ b/opal/browser/dom/node.rb
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ def remove
     parent.remove_child(self) if parent
   end
 
-  # Remove all the children of the node.
-  def clear
-    children.remove
-  end
-
   # @!attribute content
   # @return [String] the inner text content of the node
   if Browser.supports? 'Element.textContent'
@@ -235,17 +230,19 @@ def cdata?
   # @!attribute [r] child
   # @return [Node?] the first child of the node
   def child
-    children.first
+    first_child
   end
 
-  # @!attribute children
-  # @return [NodeSet] the children of the node
-  def children
-    NodeSet[Native::Array.new(`#@native.childNodes`)]
+  # @!attribute [r] first_child
+  # @return [Node?] the first child of the node
+  def first_child
+    DOM(`#@native.firstChild`)
   end
 
-  def children=(node)
-    raise NotImplementedError
+  # @!attribute [r] last_child
+  # @return [Node?] the last child of the node
+  def last_child
+    DOM(`#@native.lastChild`)
   end
 
   # Return true if the node is a comment.
@@ -271,20 +268,6 @@ def elem?
 
   alias element? elem?
 
-  # @!attribute [r] element_children
-  # @return [NodeSet] all the children which are elements
-  def element_children
-    children.select(&:element?)
-  end
-
-  alias elements element_children
-
-  # @!attribute [r] first_element_child
-  # @return [Element?] the first element child
-  def first_element_child
-    element_children.first
-  end
-
   # Return true if the node is a document fragment.
   def fragment?
     node_type == DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
@@ -303,12 +286,6 @@ def inner_html=(value)
   alias inner_text content
   alias inner_text= content=
 
-  # @!attribute [r] last_element_child
-  # @return [Element?] the last element child
-  def last_element_child
-    element_children.last
-  end
-
   # @!attribute name
   # @return [String] the name of the node
   def name
diff --git a/opal/browser/dom/parent_node.rb b/opal/browser/dom/parent_node.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81045c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opal/browser/dom/parent_node.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Browser; module DOM
+
+# Abstract class for all Nodes that can have children.
+#
+# @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ParentNode
+class ParentNode
+
+  # @!attribute [r] children
+  # @return [NodeSet] the children of the node
+  def children
+    NodeSet[Native::Array.new(`#@native.children`)]
+  end
+
+  alias elements children
+
+  # @!attribute [r] first_element_child
+  # @return [Element?] the first element child
+  def first_element_child
+    DOM(`#@native.firstElementChild`)
+  end
+
+  # @!attribute [r] last_element_child
+  # @return [Element?] the last element child
+  def last_element_child
+    DOM(`#@native.lastElementChild`)
+  end
+
+  # @!attribute [r] child_element_count
+  # @return [Element?] the last element child
+  def child_element_count
+    `#@native.childElementCount`
+  end
+
+end
+
+end; end