Animation tab not working properly

Ok so, I'm using an animator and just one animation to make an object move. It's a cupboard, and so the cupboard object itself has c$$anonymous$$ldren that are the plates and glasses. In the animation tab it seems fine, i can add the properties of the c$$anonymous$$ldren. When I try to record however, the keys simply don't register. Whether I use the record button or the make key button, no values are actually stored in the frame. The keys are made, but their value isn't there. I can $$anonymous$$t preview and move the timeline but the object doesn't move. So for example if I set the object to its original position in frame one, then in frame 30 I move it by making a key, and then $$anonymous$$t preview and go back to frame one, the object is still at the same position of frame 30.