Seriously, 3 different ways to fix their "Problem #1" 1) Define $scope.obj in the controller, instead of letting ng-model create it for you. [0] 2) Bind to $p

Seriously, 3 different ways to fix their "Problem #1" 1) Define $scope.obj in the controller, instead of letting ng-model create it for you. [0] 2) Bind to $parent.obj in the inner scope (not necessary in later versions of angular) [0] 3) Upgrade to a modern version of Angular. [0] https://jsfiddle.net/e924n237/ https://jsfiddle.net/e924n237/