Where do we go from here? Our youngest global citizens are in a polycrisis, and we can no longer bide our time in improving coverage of early childhood programs and services. This moment urgently requires an approach to policy making, financing and humanitarian response that puts children firmly at the centre. We must commit to reimagining the way our sector thinks about children: we need to reframe compartmentalized thinking about children’s stages of life to favor holistic focus on the whole child as they navigate the life-course; advocate for and invest in systems transformation; and maintain a deep commitment to supporting children to navigate, thrive and emerge from the polycrisis.