diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js
index 956f81e89270a..e34d9ad5e2275 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberThenable.js
@@ -212,19 +212,19 @@ export function trackUsedThenable<T>(
             }
           },
         );
+      }
 
-        // Check one more time in case the thenable resolved synchronously.
-        switch (thenable.status) {
-          case 'fulfilled': {
-            const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-            return fulfilledThenable.value;
-          }
-          case 'rejected': {
-            const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
-            const rejectedError = rejectedThenable.reason;
-            checkIfUseWrappedInAsyncCatch(rejectedError);
-            throw rejectedError;
-          }
+      // Check one more time in case the thenable resolved synchronously.
+      switch (thenable.status) {
+        case 'fulfilled': {
+          const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+          return fulfilledThenable.value;
+        }
+        case 'rejected': {
+          const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+          const rejectedError = rejectedThenable.reason;
+          checkIfUseWrappedInAsyncCatch(rejectedError);
+          throw rejectedError;
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js b/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js
index 93e5d5225ff13..adddda2ff3210 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/ReactChildren.js
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import type {ReactNodeList} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
+import type {
+  ReactNodeList,
+  Thenable,
+  PendingThenable,
+  FulfilledThenable,
+  RejectedThenable,
+} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
 
 import isArray from 'shared/isArray';
 import {
@@ -75,6 +81,68 @@ function getElementKey(element: any, index: number): string {
   return index.toString(36);
 }
 
+function noop() {}
+
+function resolveThenable<T>(thenable: Thenable<T>): T {
+  switch (thenable.status) {
+    case 'fulfilled': {
+      const fulfilledValue: T = thenable.value;
+      return fulfilledValue;
+    }
+    case 'rejected': {
+      const rejectedError = thenable.reason;
+      throw rejectedError;
+    }
+    default: {
+      if (typeof thenable.status === 'string') {
+        // Only instrument the thenable if the status if not defined. If
+        // it's defined, but an unknown value, assume it's been instrumented by
+        // some custom userspace implementation. We treat it as "pending".
+        // Attach a dummy listener, to ensure that any lazy initialization can
+        // happen. Flight lazily parses JSON when the value is actually awaited.
+        thenable.then(noop, noop);
+      } else {
+        // This is an uncached thenable that we haven't seen before.
+
+        // TODO: Detect infinite ping loops caused by uncached promises.
+
+        const pendingThenable: PendingThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+        pendingThenable.status = 'pending';
+        pendingThenable.then(
+          fulfilledValue => {
+            if (thenable.status === 'pending') {
+              const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+              fulfilledThenable.status = 'fulfilled';
+              fulfilledThenable.value = fulfilledValue;
+            }
+          },
+          (error: mixed) => {
+            if (thenable.status === 'pending') {
+              const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+              rejectedThenable.status = 'rejected';
+              rejectedThenable.reason = error;
+            }
+          },
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Check one more time in case the thenable resolved synchronously.
+      switch (thenable.status) {
+        case 'fulfilled': {
+          const fulfilledThenable: FulfilledThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+          return fulfilledThenable.value;
+        }
+        case 'rejected': {
+          const rejectedThenable: RejectedThenable<T> = (thenable: any);
+          const rejectedError = rejectedThenable.reason;
+          throw rejectedError;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  throw thenable;
+}
+
 function mapIntoArray(
   children: ?ReactNodeList,
   array: Array<React$Node>,
@@ -106,9 +174,14 @@ function mapIntoArray(
             invokeCallback = true;
             break;
           case REACT_LAZY_TYPE:
-            throw new Error(
-              'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
-                'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
+            const payload = (children: any)._payload;
+            const init = (children: any)._init;
+            return mapIntoArray(
+              init(payload),
+              array,
+              escapedPrefix,
+              nameSoFar,
+              callback,
             );
         }
     }
@@ -211,16 +284,19 @@ function mapIntoArray(
         );
       }
     } else if (type === 'object') {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/safe-string-coercion
-      const childrenString = String((children: any));
-
       if (typeof (children: any).then === 'function') {
-        throw new Error(
-          'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
-            'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
+        return mapIntoArray(
+          resolveThenable((children: any)),
+          array,
+          escapedPrefix,
+          nameSoFar,
+          callback,
         );
       }
 
+      // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/safe-string-coercion
+      const childrenString = String((children: any));
+
       throw new Error(
         `Objects are not valid as a React child (found: ${
           childrenString === '[object Object]'
diff --git a/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js b/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js
index 4c64117e215e4..4d6a89be8bcce 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/__tests__/ReactChildren-test.js
@@ -948,26 +948,36 @@ describe('ReactChildren', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should throw on React.lazy', async () => {
+  it('should render React.lazy after suspending', async () => {
     const lazyElement = React.lazy(async () => ({default: <div />}));
-    await expect(() => {
-      React.Children.forEach([lazyElement], () => {}, null);
-    }).toThrowError(
-      'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
-        'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
-      {withoutStack: true}, // There's nothing on the stack
-    );
+    function Component() {
+      return React.Children.map([lazyElement], c =>
+        React.cloneElement(c, {children: 'hi'}),
+      );
+    }
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(container);
+    await act(() => {
+      root.render(<Component />);
+    });
+
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div>hi</div>');
   });
 
-  it('should throw on Promises', async () => {
+  it('should render cached Promises after suspending', async () => {
     const promise = Promise.resolve(<div />);
-    await expect(() => {
-      React.Children.forEach([promise], () => {}, null);
-    }).toThrowError(
-      'Cannot render an Async Component, Promise or React.Lazy inside React.Children. ' +
-        'We recommend not iterating over children and just rendering them plain.',
-      {withoutStack: true}, // There's nothing on the stack
-    );
+    function Component() {
+      return React.Children.map([promise], c =>
+        React.cloneElement(c, {children: 'hi'}),
+      );
+    }
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(container);
+    await act(() => {
+      root.render(<Component />);
+    });
+
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toBe('<div>hi</div>');
   });
 
   it('should throw on regex', () => {