Cut/Paste from MDI Parent form

Question

Okay, I'm stumped here, I'm trying to enable a Cut (or Paste) option on a Menu on my MDI Parent form. I know how to copy data to/from the clipboard on a regular form, but I can't figure out how to call it on a MDI child form from the parent. Does anyone know how I would do there, or know of any articles written on this? This is such a small and tedious task, but it's annoying the crap out of me. -James