diff --git a/src/rougail/tiramisureflector.py b/src/rougail/tiramisureflector.py
index 3b3494f7..3e122e65 100644
--- a/src/rougail/tiramisureflector.py
+++ b/src/rougail/tiramisureflector.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .annotator import ERASED_ATTRIBUTES, CONVERT_OPTION
 
 
 FUNC_TO_DICT = []
-ATTRIBUTES_ORDER = ('name', 'doc', 'default', 'multi', 'properties', 'min_number', 'max_number', 'dynamic', 'opt')
+ATTRIBUTES_ORDER = ('name', 'doc', 'default', 'multi', 'properties', 'min_number', 'max_number', 'dynamic')
 
 
 class Root():  # pylint: disable=R0903
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class Variable(Common):
         if self.option_name is None:
             self.populate_attrib()
             if self.object_type == 'SymLinkOption':
-                self.attrib['opt'] = self.attrib['opt'].reflector_object.get()
+                self.attrib['opt'] = self.elt.opt.reflector_object.get()
             else:
                 self.parse_children()
             attrib = self.get_attrib()
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class Family(Common):
         """
         if not self.option_name:
             self.populate_attrib()
-            self.parse_children()
+            self.parse_properties()
             self.option_name = self.elt.reflector_name
             object_name = self.get_object_name()
             attrib = self.get_attrib() + \
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class Family(Common):
             else:
                 self.attrib[key] = value
 
-    def parse_children(self):
+    def parse_properties(self):
         """parse current children
         """
         if 'properties' in self.attrib: