diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce4461a..70f0a4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 docxlib
+.vscode/
diff --git a/structdoc_test.go b/structdoc_test.go
index 13a684e..58c4e0a 100644
--- a/structdoc_test.go
+++ b/structdoc_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestStructure(t *testing.T) {
 			decoded_doc)
 	}
 	if len(doc.Body.Paragraphs) != NUM_PARAGRAPHS {
-		t.Errorf("We expected %d paragraph, we got %d",
+		t.Errorf("We expected %d paragraphs, we got %d",
 			NUM_PARAGRAPHS, len(doc.Body.Paragraphs))
 	}
 	for _, p := range doc.Body.Paragraphs {
@@ -27,5 +27,10 @@ func TestStructure(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("We were not able to parse paragraph %v",
 				p)
 		}
+		for _, child := range p.Children() {
+			if child.Link == nil && child.Properties == nil && child.Run == nil {
+				t.Errorf("There are children with all fields nil")
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/structnodes.go b/structnodes.go
index d9c9ebd..72d7368 100644
--- a/structnodes.go
+++ b/structnodes.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package docxlib
 
-import "encoding/xml"
+import (
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"io"
+)
 
 type ParagraphChild struct {
 	Link       *Hyperlink     `xml:"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main hyperlink,omitempty"`
@@ -14,3 +17,37 @@ type Paragraph struct {
 
 	file *DocxLib
 }
+
+func (p *Paragraph) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
+	children := make([]ParagraphChild, 0)
+	for {
+		t, err := d.Token()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		switch tt := t.(type) {
+		case xml.StartElement:
+			var elem ParagraphChild
+			if tt.Name.Local == "hyperlink" {
+				var value Hyperlink
+				d.DecodeElement(&value, &start)
+				elem = ParagraphChild{Link: &value}
+			} else if tt.Name.Local == "r" {
+				var value Run
+				d.DecodeElement(&value, &start)
+				elem = ParagraphChild{Run: &value}
+			} else if tt.Name.Local == "rPr" {
+				var value RunProperties
+				d.DecodeElement(&value, &start)
+				elem = ParagraphChild{Properties: &value}
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+			children = append(children, elem)
+		}
+
+	}
+	*p = Paragraph{Data: children}
+	return nil
+
+}