diff --git a/src/platform/macos/mod.rs b/src/platform/macos/mod.rs
index 67f2a2fd..156e7cfa 100644
--- a/src/platform/macos/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/macos/mod.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for PlatformHandle {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ParentWindowHandle {
     view: Retained<NSView>,
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/macos/window.rs b/src/platform/macos/window.rs
index d6f31033..3996cf91 100644
--- a/src/platform/macos/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform/macos/window.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ impl WindowHandle {
             let _ = NSApplication::sharedApplication(mtm);
 
             if let Some(parent) = options.parent.take() {
-                return Self::create_window_parented(options, handler, host, parent.view, mtm);
+                return Self::create_window_parented(
+                    options,
+                    handler,
+                    host,
+                    parent.inner.view,
+                    mtm,
+                );
             }
 
             Self::create_window_standalone(options, handler, host, mtm)
diff --git a/src/platform/win/mod.rs b/src/platform/win/mod.rs
index 0580927c..a295679e 100644
--- a/src/platform/win/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/win/mod.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl Debug for PlatformHandle {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ParentWindowHandle {
     handle: HWnd,
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/win/window.rs b/src/platform/win/window.rs
index f3644bdb..4743cebf 100644
--- a/src/platform/win/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform/win/window.rs
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ impl WindowHandle {
             }
         };
 
-        let parent = options.parent.map(|p| p.handle);
+        let parent = options.parent.map(|p| p.inner.handle);
         let rect = dpi_ctx.client_area_to_nc_area(window_size.into(), style, None)?;
 
         let window = create_window(&title, style, rect.size(), parent, &dpi_ctx, initializer)?;
diff --git a/src/platform/x11/mod.rs b/src/platform/x11/mod.rs
index 009970c4..b45c1990 100644
--- a/src/platform/x11/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/x11/mod.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for PlatformHandle {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ParentWindowHandle {
     window_id: NonZeroU32,
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/x11/window_shared.rs b/src/platform/x11/window_shared.rs
index 990af08b..44cb0fb8 100644
--- a/src/platform/x11/window_shared.rs
+++ b/src/platform/x11/window_shared.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl WindowInner {
             Rc::clone(&connection),
             physical_size,
             &visual_info,
-            options.parent.map(|p| p.window_id),
+            options.parent.map(|p| p.inner.window_id),
         )?;
 
         let cookies = [
diff --git a/src/window_open_options.rs b/src/window_open_options.rs
index 64c9d17d..80b87542 100644
--- a/src/window_open_options.rs
+++ b/src/window_open_options.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "opengl")]
 use crate::gl::GlConfig;
-use crate::platform::ParentWindowHandle;
+use crate::platform;
 use dpi::{LogicalSize, Size};
 use raw_window_handle::HasWindowHandle;
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct WindowOpenOptions {
     /// The size of the window, either in physical or logical coordinates
     pub size: Size,
 
-    pub(crate) parent: Option<ParentWindowHandle>,
+    pub parent: Option<ParentWindowHandle>,
 
     /// If provided, then an OpenGL context will be created for this window. You'll be able to
     /// access this context through [crate::WindowContext::gl_context].
@@ -46,14 +46,7 @@ impl WindowOpenOptions {
     ) -> Self {
         let Some(parent) = parent.into() else { return self };
 
-        let parent = match ParentWindowHandle::extract(parent) {
-            Ok(parent) => parent,
-            Err(e) => {
-                panic!("Invalid parent window handle: {e}")
-            }
-        };
-
-        self.parent = Some(parent);
+        self.parent = Some(ParentWindowHandle::from_window(parent));
         self
     }
 
@@ -76,3 +69,27 @@ impl Default for WindowOpenOptions {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// An owned handle to a parent window.
+///
+/// This type holds just what's needed for baseview to create a child window into this window.
+///
+/// This can safely be constructed from only a temporary reference to any [`HasWindowHandle`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct ParentWindowHandle {
+    pub(crate) inner: platform::ParentWindowHandle,
+}
+
+impl ParentWindowHandle {
+    /// Grabs a handle to the given `parent_window`, to later create a child window in it.
+    pub fn from_window(parent_window: &impl HasWindowHandle) -> Self {
+        let inner = match platform::ParentWindowHandle::extract(parent_window) {
+            Ok(parent) => parent,
+            Err(e) => {
+                panic!("Invalid parent window handle: {e}")
+            }
+        };
+
+        Self { inner }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/wrappers/win32/window/handle.rs b/src/wrappers/win32/window/handle.rs
index 14475368..eed49cbc 100644
--- a/src/wrappers/win32/window/handle.rs
+++ b/src/wrappers/win32/window/handle.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use windows_sys::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::{
 /// a handle from this type might still return an "invalid handle" error).
 ///
 /// The role of this type is to help safely encapsulating most of the unsafe Win32 HWND APIs.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug, Eq)]
 pub struct HWnd(NonNull<c_void>);
 
 impl HWnd {