diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 2646fdb3..103104a1 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ def pytest_configure():
         {
             "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
             "DIRS": ["tests"],
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "libraries": {"unicorn": "django_unicorn.templatetags.unicorn",}
+            },
         }
     ]
     databases = {"default": {"ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",}}
diff --git a/django_unicorn/components/unicorn_template_response.py b/django_unicorn/components/unicorn_template_response.py
index 09c342d4..5870abfa 100644
--- a/django_unicorn/components/unicorn_template_response.py
+++ b/django_unicorn/components/unicorn_template_response.py
@@ -95,17 +95,20 @@ def render(self):
             json_tag["id"] = json_element_id
             json_tag.string = sanitize_html(init)
 
+            # Include init script and json tags from child components
+            json_tags = [json_tag]
+            for child in self.component.children:
+                if hasattr(child, "_init_script"):
+                    init_script = f"{init_script} {child._init_script}"
+                if hasattr(child, "_json_tags"):
+                    json_tags.extend(child._json_tags)
+
+            # Defer rendering the init script and json tag until the outermost
+            # component (without a parent) is rendered
             if self.component.parent:
                 self.component._init_script = init_script
-                self.component._json_tag = json_tag
+                self.component._json_tags = json_tags
             else:
-                json_tags = []
-                json_tags.append(json_tag)
-
-                for child in self.component.children:
-                    init_script = f"{init_script} {child._init_script}"
-                    json_tags.append(child._json_tag)
-
                 script_tag = soup.new_tag("script")
                 script_tag["type"] = "module"
                 script_tag.string = f"if (typeof Unicorn === 'undefined') {{ console.error('Unicorn is missing. Do you need {{% load unicorn %}} or {{% unicorn_scripts %}}?') }} else {{ {init_script} }}"
diff --git a/example/unicorn/components/nested/actions.py b/example/unicorn/components/nested/actions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43fbcd2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/unicorn/components/nested/actions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from django_unicorn.components import UnicornView
+from typing import Callable
+
+
+class ActionsView(UnicornView):
+    # In this example the ActionsView is completely controlled by the
+    # RowView and it doesn't really "own" these - its useful to put them
+    # on the class for type hints and/or default values, but we don't
+    # want to give the impression they are ActionsView's own state
+
+    is_editing: bool
+    on_edit: Callable
+    on_cancel: Callable
+    on_save: Callable
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diff --git a/example/unicorn/components/nested/row.py b/example/unicorn/components/nested/row.py
index bf31a7c9..c119aa31 100644
--- a/example/unicorn/components/nested/row.py
+++ b/example/unicorn/components/nested/row.py
@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@
 from example.coffee.models import Flavor
 
 
+def callback(func):
+    """A decorator for callbacks passed as kwargs to a child component
+    
+    This allows the bound method itself to be resolved in the template.
+    Without it, the template variable resolver will automatically call
+    the method and use what is returned as the resolved value.
+    """
+    func.do_not_call_in_templates = True
+    return func
+
+
 class RowView(UnicornView):
     model: Flavor = None
     is_editing = False
 
-    def edit(self):
+    @callback
+    def on_edit(self):
+        print("on_edit callback fired")
         self.is_editing = True
 
-    def cancel(self):
+    @callback
+    def on_cancel(self):
         self.is_editing = False
 
-    def save(self):
+    @callback
+    def on_save(self):
         self.model.save()
-        self.is_editing = False
+        self.is_editing = False
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diff --git a/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/actions.html b/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/actions.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca8e964c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/actions.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<td>
+  {% if is_editing %}
+  <!-- on_save etc in the ActionsView context will be bound methods of the RowView instance -->
+  <button unicorn:click="on_save">Save</button>
+  <button unicorn:click.discard="on_cancel">Cancel</button>
+  {% else %}
+  <button unicorn:click="on_edit">Edit</button>
+  {% endif %}
+</td>
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diff --git a/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/row.html b/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/row.html
index 97cfe565..b65892c0 100644
--- a/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/row.html
+++ b/example/unicorn/templates/unicorn/nested/row.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{% load unicorn %}
+
 <tr>
     <td>
         {% if is_editing %}
@@ -22,12 +24,13 @@
         n/a
         {% endif %}
     </td>
-    <td>
-        {% if is_editing %}
-        <button unicorn:click="save">Save</button>
-        <button unicorn:click.discard="cancel" unicorn:partial.key="{{ model.pk }}">Cancel</button>
-        {% else %}
-        <button unicorn:click="edit" unicorn:partial.key="{{ model.pk }}">Edit</button>
-        {% endif %}
-    </td>
+
+    {% unicorn 'nested.actions' parent=view key=model.id is_editing=is_editing on_edit=on_edit on_cancel=on_cancel on_save=on_save %}
+
+    <!-- there could be a short form if the kwarg has the same name as the attribute?
+         since tags cannot span multiple lines
+    
+    {% unicorn 'nested.actions' parent=view key=model.id is_editing on_edit on_cancel on_save %}
+    -->
+
 </tr>
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diff --git a/tests/templates/test_component_parent.html b/tests/templates/test_component_parent.html
index e207cfed..853d0f3c 100644
--- a/tests/templates/test_component_parent.html
+++ b/tests/templates/test_component_parent.html
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+{% load unicorn %}
+
 <div>
     parent
-    {% unicorn 'tests.templatetags.test_unicorn_render.FakeComponentKwargs' parent=view }
+    {% unicorn 'tests.templatetags.test_unicorn_render.FakeComponentKwargs' parent=view %}
 </div>
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diff --git a/tests/templates/test_component_parent_nested.html b/tests/templates/test_component_parent_nested.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9a2cf7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/test_component_parent_nested.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% load unicorn %}
+
+<div>
+    parent nested (3 layers)
+    {% unicorn 'tests.templatetags.test_unicorn_render.FakeComponentParent' parent=view %}
+</div>
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diff --git a/tests/templatetags/test_unicorn_render.py b/tests/templatetags/test_unicorn_render.py
index f112cea3..ea76b698 100644
--- a/tests/templatetags/test_unicorn_render.py
+++ b/tests/templatetags/test_unicorn_render.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def mount(self):
         self.call("testCall2", "hello")
 
 
+class FakeComponentParentNested(UnicornView):
+    template_name = "templates/test_component_parent_nested.html"
+
+
 def test_unicorn_render_kwarg():
     token = Token(
         TokenType.TEXT,
@@ -303,3 +307,15 @@ def test_unicorn_render_hash(settings):
     rendered_content = html[:script_idx]
     expected_hash = generate_checksum(rendered_content)
     assert f'"hash":"{expected_hash}"' in html
+
+
+def test_unicorn_render_parent_nested_multiple_layers(settings):
+    settings.DEBUG = True
+    token = Token(
+        TokenType.TEXT,
+        "unicorn 'tests.templatetags.test_unicorn_render.FakeComponentParentNested'",
+    )
+    unicorn_node = unicorn(None, token)
+    context = {}
+    html = unicorn_node.render(context)
+    assert html.count("componentInit") == 3
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