 For both children and adults, periods of solitude can be a condition for a good life (as well as for fully enjoying relationships with others). Unlike adults, children cannot decide to exit all relationships; nor should they, provided they are subject to the legitimate authority of guardians. Therefore they must rely on adults in order to have some protected time during which to be free from others’ company if they chose so. Recently, it has been argued that children greatly benefit from having a significant amount of unstructured time during which they can realize a number of goods—such as play or creativity—to which they have unique, or privileged access (Macleod 2010b, 2014; Brighouse &amp; Swift 2014; Brennan 2014; Gheaus 2015a, 2015b). It is possible that occasional voluntary solitude is necessary for the full enjoyment of such goods. The existence of the right will depend on how these goods contribute to children’s wellbeing qua children, to their developmental interests, and—in cases of conflict between the two—on how we ought to weight the child’s interest in wellbeing during childhood against her interest in future wellbeing.