The study aims to contribute to knowledge of children's views on their space to fend for themselves at a time in their lives when they face change and decreased institutional care, i.e. in the transition from organized to unorganized after-school activities. The study builds on interviews with 22 children who are about to leave or change after-school arrangements and uses the theoretical framework of the sociology of childhood. The results show that children understand the 'after' with regard to the transition as a space that provides more freedom, where they are trusted and where they have more influence over their own activities. Having greater self-determination is often described as positive, but it can also be unwanted and seen as a demand.