diff --git a/app/models/uploaded_file.rb b/app/models/uploaded_file.rb
index ac2907b..469537f 100644
--- a/app/models/uploaded_file.rb
+++ b/app/models/uploaded_file.rb
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ class UploadedFile < Article
     File.read(self.full_filename)
   end
 
+  def allow_children?
+    false
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/uploaded_file_test.rb b/test/unit/uploaded_file_test.rb
index ff6eedb..b11dfef 100644
--- a/test/unit/uploaded_file_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/uploaded_file_test.rb
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ class UploadedFileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'my data', file.data
   end
 
+  should 'not allow child articles' do
+    assert_equal false, UploadedFile.new.allow_children?
+  end
+
 end
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