diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 265a96f88..df304c001 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
 - TW-1282 incorrect URLs in man task-sync (thanks to Jeremiah Marks).
 - TW-1288 Added missing locking for task modifications (thanks to Kosta Harlan,
           Ralph Bean, Adam Coddington).
+- TW-1293 Modifying or deleting a child task does not propagate if there are no
+          siblings (thanks to darkfeline).
+- TW-1294 Modifying a child task does not propagate to parent (thanks to
+          darkfeline).
 - TW-1295 test/time.t fails on the last day of the month (thanks to Jakub
           Wilk).
 - TW-1296 make test/run_all exit with non-zero code if a test fail (thanks to
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
index 090533f84..d1ada6c1c 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
@@ -90,10 +90,9 @@ int CmdAnnotate::execute (std::string& output)
       // Annotate siblings.
       if (task->has ("parent"))
       {
-        std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
-        if (siblings.size () &&
-            confirm (STRING_CMD_ANNO_CONFIRM_R))
+        if (confirm (STRING_CMD_ANNO_CONFIRM_R))
         {
+          std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
           for (sibling = siblings.begin (); sibling != siblings.end (); ++sibling)
           {
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
index 65ab137b6..9b1fed0a3 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
@@ -90,10 +90,9 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
       // Append to siblings.
       if (task->has ("parent"))
       {
-        std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
-        if (siblings.size () &&
-            confirm (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM_R))
+        if (confirm (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM_R))
         {
+          std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
           for (sibling = siblings.begin (); sibling != siblings.end (); ++sibling)
           {
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
index bffd791f4..54ce2db85 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ int CmdDelete::execute (std::string& output)
         // Delete siblings.
         if (task->has ("parent"))
         {
-          std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
-          if (siblings.size () &&
-              confirm (STRING_CMD_DELETE_CONFIRM_R))
+          if (confirm (STRING_CMD_DELETE_CONFIRM_R))
           {
+            std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
             std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
             for (sibling = siblings.begin (); sibling != siblings.end (); ++sibling)
             {
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp b/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
index 774ccc929..73c761388 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdModify.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,9 @@ int CmdModify::execute (std::string& output)
         // Task potentially has siblings - modify them.
         if (task->has ("parent"))
         {
-          std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
-          if (siblings.size () &&
-              confirm (STRING_CMD_MODIFY_RECUR))
+          if (confirm (STRING_CMD_MODIFY_RECUR))
           {
+            std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
             std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
             for (sibling = siblings.begin (); sibling != siblings.end (); ++sibling)
             {
@@ -135,6 +134,12 @@ int CmdModify::execute (std::string& output)
               if (context.verbose ("project"))
                 projectChanges[sibling->get ("project")] = onProjectChange (alternate, *sibling);
             }
+
+            // Modify the parent
+            Task parent;
+            context.tdb2.get (task->get ("parent"), parent);
+            parent.modify (Task::modReplace);
+            context.tdb2.modify (parent);
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp b/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
index f5f65387f..cece31410 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdPrepend.cpp
@@ -90,10 +90,9 @@ int CmdPrepend::execute (std::string& output)
       // Prepend to siblings.
       if (task->has ("parent"))
       {
-        std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
-        if (siblings.size () &&
-            confirm (STRING_CMD_PREPEND_CONFIRM_R))
+        if (confirm (STRING_CMD_PREPEND_CONFIRM_R))
         {
+          std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
           for (sibling = siblings.begin (); sibling != siblings.end (); ++sibling)
           {