diff --git a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs
index 7030d4fdfe..57556747fc 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/children.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ impl MapEntities for Children {
 // However Children should only ever be set with a real user-defined entities. Its worth looking
 // into better ways to handle cases like this.
 impl FromWorld for Children {
+    #[inline]
     fn from_world(_world: &mut World) -> Self {
         Children(SmallVec::new())
     }
@@ -48,11 +49,13 @@ impl FromWorld for Children {
 
 impl Children {
     /// Constructs a [`Children`] component with the given entities.
+    #[inline]
     pub(crate) fn from_entities(entities: &[Entity]) -> Self {
         Self(SmallVec::from_slice(entities))
     }
 
     /// Swaps the child at `a_index` with the child at `b_index`.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn swap(&mut self, a_index: usize, b_index: usize) {
         self.0.swap(a_index, b_index);
     }
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ impl Children {
     /// For the unstable version, see [`sort_unstable_by`](Children::sort_unstable_by).
     ///
     /// See also [`sort_by_key`](Children::sort_by_key), [`sort_by_cached_key`](Children::sort_by_cached_key).
+    #[inline]
     pub fn sort_by<F>(&mut self, compare: F)
     where
         F: FnMut(&Entity, &Entity) -> std::cmp::Ordering,
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ impl Children {
     /// For the unstable version, see [`sort_unstable_by_key`](Children::sort_unstable_by_key).
     ///
     /// See also [`sort_by`](Children::sort_by), [`sort_by_cached_key`](Children::sort_by_cached_key).
+    #[inline]
     pub fn sort_by_key<K, F>(&mut self, compare: F)
     where
         F: FnMut(&Entity) -> K,
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ impl Children {
     /// For the underlying implementation, see [`slice::sort_by_cached_key`].
     ///
     /// See also [`sort_by`](Children::sort_by), [`sort_by_key`](Children::sort_by_key).
+    #[inline]
     pub fn sort_by_cached_key<K, F>(&mut self, compare: F)
     where
         F: FnMut(&Entity) -> K,
@@ -111,6 +117,7 @@ impl Children {
     /// For the stable version, see [`sort_by`](Children::sort_by).
     ///
     /// See also [`sort_unstable_by_key`](Children::sort_unstable_by_key).
+    #[inline]
     pub fn sort_unstable_by<F>(&mut self, compare: F)
     where
         F: FnMut(&Entity, &Entity) -> std::cmp::Ordering,
@@ -126,6 +133,7 @@ impl Children {
     /// For the stable version, see [`sort_by_key`](Children::sort_by_key).
     ///
     /// See also [`sort_unstable_by`](Children::sort_unstable_by).
+    #[inline]
     pub fn sort_unstable_by_key<K, F>(&mut self, compare: F)
     where
         F: FnMut(&Entity) -> K,
@@ -138,6 +146,7 @@ impl Children {
 impl Deref for Children {
     type Target = [Entity];
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
         &self.0[..]
     }
@@ -148,6 +157,7 @@ impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Children {
 
     type IntoIter = slice::Iter<'a, Entity>;
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
         self.0.iter()
     }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/parent.rs b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/parent.rs
index bffd3c28f3..2ba6a10ccb 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/parent.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_hierarchy/src/components/parent.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub struct Parent(pub(crate) Entity);
 
 impl Parent {
     /// Gets the [`Entity`] ID of the parent.
+    #[inline(always)]
     pub fn get(&self) -> Entity {
         self.0
     }
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ impl Parent {
     /// for both [`Children`] & [`Parent`] that is agnostic to edge direction.
     ///
     /// [`Children`]: super::children::Children
+    #[inline(always)]
     pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[Entity] {
         std::slice::from_ref(&self.0)
     }
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ impl Parent {
 // However Parent should only ever be set with a real user-defined entity.  Its worth looking into
 // better ways to handle cases like this.
 impl FromWorld for Parent {
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn from_world(_world: &mut World) -> Self {
         Parent(Entity::PLACEHOLDER)
     }
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ impl MapEntities for Parent {
 impl Deref for Parent {
     type Target = Entity;
 
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
         &self.0
     }