I am trying to wrap up my first app using Django (specifically Django Rest 
Framework which may change the save behavior), but have run into an issue 
that I haven't been able to solve for about 10 hours now.

I am trying to override the save() method of a model to modify a field on a 
bunch of child objects when it is created; however, I can't figure out *any* 
way 
get the objects or ids for the children.

My code looks something like:
class Parent(models.Model):
   """When I create this, I want the children to be modified."""
   def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
       if not self.pk:
           self._begin(*args, **kwargs)
       else:
           super(Parent, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

    def _begin(self, *args, **kwargs):
       super(Parent, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
       print(self.child_set.all())  # --> This gives: "<QuerySet []>"
       for i in self.child_set.all():
           i.last_name = self.last_name
           i.save()

    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)


class Child:
   parent = models.ForeignKey(
       'Parent',
       on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
       null=True,
    )
   last_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

ANY way to modify the children when the parent is saved would be a life 
saver (even if hacky or sub-optimal).

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