I think it sounds like your data model is a bit too coupled to your component tree. Try and figure out what the minimal information you need to store is, and k

I think it sounds like your data model is a bit too coupled to your component tree. Try and figure out what the minimal information you need to store is, and keep that higher up. You can then derive a richer model by applying functions during render(). There's a balance to be found here, if you design your data model without considering the needs of the UI it can be a pain to work with. The goal is to create a data layer and associated functions which make it easy to extract the appropriate information for rendering a user interface. Often pain points in React can be alleviated by modelling your data more independently of your component tree.