diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 169aa46..e0b854f 100644
--- a/project.clj
    b/project.clj
@@ -1,4  1,4 @@
-(defproject org.omcljs/om "1.0.0-alpha17"
 (defproject org.omcljs/om "1.0.0-alpha18-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "ClojureScript interface to Facebook's React"
   :url "http://github.com/swannodette/om"
   :license {:name "Eclipse"
diff --git a/src/devcards/om/devcards/core.cljs b/src/devcards/om/devcards/core.cljs
index b8fdbb0..b5e7c94 100644
--- a/src/devcards/om/devcards/core.cljs
    b/src/devcards/om/devcards/core.cljs
@@ -211,3  211,21 @@
 (defcard test-counters-atom
   (om/app-state counters-reconciler))
 
 ;; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Children
 
 (defui Children
   Object
   (render [this]
     (dom/div nil
       (map identity
         #js [(dom/div nil "Foo")
              (dom/div nil "Bar")
              (map identity
                #js [(dom/div nil "Bar")
                     (dom/div nil "Woz")])]))))
 
 (def children (om/factory Children))
 
 (defcard test-lazy-children
   (children))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/om/dom.clj b/src/main/om/dom.clj
index 5cd1005..a3189b1 100644
--- a/src/main/om/dom.clj
    b/src/main/om/dom.clj
@@ -130,7  130,8 @@
 
 (defn ^:private gen-react-dom-inline-fn [tag]
   `(defmacro ~tag [opts# & children#]
-     `(~'~(symbol "js" (str "React.DOM." (name tag))) ~opts# ~@children#)))
      `(~'~(symbol "js" (str "React.DOM." (name tag))) ~opts#
         ~@(clojure.core/map (fn [x#] `(om.util/force-children ~x#)) children#))))
 
 (defmacro ^:private gen-react-dom-inline-fns []
   `(do
@@ -140,7  141,9 @@
 
 (defn ^:private gen-react-dom-fn [tag]
   `(defn ~tag [opts# & children#]
-     (.apply ~(symbol "js" (str "React.DOM." (name tag))) nil (cljs.core/into-array (cons opts# children#)))))
      (.apply ~(symbol "js" (str "React.DOM." (name tag))) nil
        (cljs.core/into-array
          (cons opts# (cljs.core/map om.util/force-children children#))))))
 
 (defmacro ^:private gen-react-dom-fns []
   `(do
diff --git a/src/main/om/dom.cljs b/src/main/om/dom.cljs
index 143b53c..220db3a 100644
--- a/src/main/om/dom.cljs
    b/src/main/om/dom.cljs
@@ -3,6  3,7 @@
   (:require-macros [om.dom :as dom])
   (:require [cljsjs.react]
             [cljsjs.react.dom]
             [om.util :as util]
             [goog.object :as gobj]))
 
 (dom/gen-react-dom-fns)
diff --git a/src/main/om/next.cljs b/src/main/om/next.cljs
index 32600ee..7b100c3 100644
--- a/src/main/om/next.cljs
    b/src/main/om/next.cljs
@@ -8,6  8,7 @@
             [om.next.protocols :as p]
             [om.next.impl.parser :as parser]
             [om.next.cache :as c]
             [om.util :as util]
             [clojure.zip :as zip])
   (:import [goog.debug Console]))
 
@@ -267,7  268,7 @@
                :omcljs$shared     *shared*
                :omcljs$instrument *instrument*
                :omcljs$depth      *depth*}
-          children))))))
            (util/force-children children)))))))
 
 (defn ^boolean component?
   "Returns true if the argument is an Om component."
diff --git a/src/main/om/util.cljs b/src/main/om/util.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aa1a71
--- /dev/null
    b/src/main/om/util.cljs
@@ -0,0  1,5 @@
 (ns om.util)
 
 (defn force-children [x]
   (cond->> x
     (seq? x) (into [] (map force-children))))