Parenting Problems :(

I’m having a weird problem with parenting. I’ve looked for help in tutorials and forums, but so far I can’t even find another case like mine. Hopefully someone can give me some pointers.

I’ve got this model that every time I parent meshes together they automatically scale themselves along the X axis. In addition to this, the child takes on an elliptical orbit (where as I want it to just follow the original’s rotation, staying in the same place relative to it’s parent). I’ve attached two photos to show what I mean, the top one is what shows up while I’m tinkering in blender and the bottom one is the one in Game mode. Any ideas?

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The first thing I’d do before parenting is the clear the parent and childs scale value in case each axis has a different scale value. In object mode use Ctrl+A.
Other than that, attach your blend file to make it easier for other users to find what is causing the problem.

That fixed it, thanks a bunch! Took care of both the elliptical orbit and the scaling.