This chapter explores why the belief that children have a moral right to best care remains so intuitively compelling, despite its philosophical shortcomings. It traces this belief to a confusion between prioritising children’s interests and being morally required to maximise them. By distinguishing between the Best-Only View and the more defensible Priority View, the chapter shows that while parents should give special weight to their children’s wellbeing, they are not obligated to always provide the best. This distinction helps to explain the limits of parental duty and prepares the ground for the later chapters’ discussions of good care.