diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 134cdc3..e2e0fd3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a5b3dd1c072ee7963717671d1ca129f1048fda25edea6b752bfc71ac8854170"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -288,6 +294,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "nom",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -416,6 +423,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "395ae124c09f9e6918a2310af6038fba074bcf474ac352496d5910dd59a2226d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e672c95779cf947c5311f83787af4fa8fffd12fb27e4993211a84bdfd9610f9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cb7177..c630152 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ circular = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../circular" }
 futures = "0.3.30"
 nom = "7.1.3"
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["io-util", "net", "io-std", "full"] }
+tracing = "0.1.41"
diff --git a/src/element.rs b/src/element.rs
index 98a3315..1f78419 100644
--- a/src/element.rs
+++ b/src/element.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use std::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
+use tracing::debug;
+
 use crate::{
     error::{DeserializeError, Error},
     xml::{self, parsers_complete::Parser, Attribute},
@@ -322,17 +324,28 @@ impl Element {
         let mut children = Vec::new();
         loop {
             let child = self.content.front();
+            debug!("child: {:?}", child);
             if let Some(child) = child {
                 match child {
                     Content::Element(element) => {
                         if let Ok(child) = <T as FromElement>::from_element(element.clone()) {
+                            debug!("parsed child");
                             children.push(child);
                             self.content.pop_front();
+                        } else {
+                            debug!("failed to parse child");
+                            return Ok(children);
                         }
                     }
                     Content::Text(_) => return Ok(children),
-                    Content::PI => {}
-                    Content::Comment(_) => {}
+                    Content::PI => {
+                        self.content.pop_front();
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    Content::Comment(_) => {
+                        self.content.pop_front();
+                        continue;
+                    }
                 }
             } else {
                 return Ok(children);
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index dd8ea17..0cac59b 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub enum DeserializeError {
     FromStr(String),
     UnexpectedAttributes(HashMap<Name, String>),
     UnexpectedContent(VecDeque<Content>),
+    UnexpectedElement(Element),
     MissingAttribute(Name),
     IncorrectName(String),
     IncorrectNamespace(String),
diff --git a/src/reader.rs b/src/reader.rs
index aa4d467..d2de170 100644
--- a/src/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::{
     str::{self, FromStr},
 };
 use tokio::io::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt};
+use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::{
     declaration::{Declaration, VersionInfo},
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ use crate::{
 static MAX_STANZA_SIZE: usize = 65536;
 
 /// streaming reader that tracks depth and available namespaces at current depth
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Reader<R> {
     inner: R,
     pub buffer: Buffer,
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ impl<R> Reader<R>
 where
     R: AsyncRead + Unpin,
 {
-    async fn read_buf<'s>(&mut self) -> Result<usize> {
+    pub async fn read_buf<'s>(&mut self) -> Result<usize> {
         Ok(self.inner.read_buf(&mut self.buffer).await?)
     }
 
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ where
 
     pub async fn read<'s, T: FromElement>(&'s mut self) -> Result<T> {
         let element = self.read_element().await?;
+        debug!("read element: {:?}", element);
         Ok(FromElement::from_element(element)?)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/writer.rs b/src/writer.rs
index 8b45869..25e19fb 100644
--- a/src/writer.rs
+++ b/src/writer.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 // pub struct Writer<W, C = Composer> {
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Writer<W> {
     inner: W,
     depth: Vec<Name>,