diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2fc3bc5..bd975d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ dist/
 docs/_readthedocs/
 poetry.lock
 setup.py
+
+storybook/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/anytree/node/node.py b/anytree/node/node.py
index 2ed294a..a891322 100644
--- a/anytree/node/node.py
+++ b/anytree/node/node.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 from .nodemixin import NodeMixin
 from .util import _repr
+from typing import TypeVar
 
+Child = TypeVar("Child", bound="Node")
 
-class Node(NodeMixin):
+
+class Node(NodeMixin[Child]):
     """
     A simple tree node with a `name` and any `kwargs`.
 
diff --git a/anytree/node/nodemixin.py b/anytree/node/nodemixin.py
index 46219cf..42b6703 100644
--- a/anytree/node/nodemixin.py
+++ b/anytree/node/nodemixin.py
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 from .exceptions import LoopError, TreeError
 from .lightnodemixin import LightNodeMixin
 
+from typing import List, TypeVar, Generic, Union
 
-class NodeMixin:
+Child = TypeVar("Child", bound="NodeMixin")
 
+
+class NodeMixin(Generic[Child]):
     """
     The :any:`NodeMixin` class extends any Python class to a tree node.
 
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ def __children_or_empty(self):
         return self.__children
 
     @property
-    def children(self):
+    def children(self) -> List[Union[Child], 'NodeMixin']:
         """
         All child nodes.