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I have a simple example where I'm creating a View consisting of a list box, and the list box displays a bunch of items. I'm wondering if I'm going about the creation of the View Model and Model classes correctly here. Use whatever value of correctly works in this context, I understand it's a bit subjective, but my current solution doesn't feel right. Here's a simplified version. The ViewModels and Models: namespace Example { public class ParentViewModel { public ParentViewModel() { // ... Create/Consume ChildViewModel * n } public List<ChildViewModel> ChildViewModels { get; set; } } public class ChildViewModel { public ChildViewModel() { // ... Create/Consume ChildModel } public ChildModel Model { get; set; } } public class ParentModel { public List<ChildModel> ChildModels { get; set; } public ParentModel() { // ... Create/Consume ChildModel * n; } } public class ChildModel { public ChildModel() { // ... Contains actual data. } public string Data { get; set; } } } The View: <Window x:Class="Example.View" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:Example="clr-namespace:Example" Title="View" Height="300" Width="300" DataContext="{StaticResource TheViewModel}"> <Window.Resources> <Example:ParentViewModel x:Key="TheViewModel" /> </Window.Resources> <Grid> <ListBox Height="261" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="listBox1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="278" ItemsSource="{Binding ChildViewModels}"/> </Grid> In the proper code, the listbox will use a data template to display the child view models. But as you can see I'm not

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