def getChildren(self, **kwargs ):
        kwargs['children'] = True
        kwargs.pop('c',None)

        return general.listRelatives( self, **kwargs)
see also `childAtIndex`
dataset/ETHPy150Open CountZer0/PipelineConstructionSet/python/maya/site-packages/pymel-1.0.3/pymel/core/nodetypes.py/DagNode.getChildren