As noted previously, discussion about, and research into, children’s rights, has been ensnared by consensus. It is easy to take the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as the final victory for children, what we have long been aiming for and have now achieved. It is tempting to chorus ‘Halleluiah’! But there are dangers in foreclosing critique. To get as far as we have it has been necessary to challenge the status quo, for example, to show that children are ‘beings’, not merely ‘becomings’. But having achieved this, we must ask ‘What are the implications of recognising this?’ It is easy to rest on our laurels and to accept the Convention as the new status quo. Beethoven’s first foray into symphonic writing broke new ground but it didn’t stop him writing the ‘Eroica’ and ultimately the ‘Choral’.