diff --git a/Perspex.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs b/Perspex.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs
index ad11d02d18..45551874a2 100644
--- a/Perspex.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs
+++ b/Perspex.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Generators
                 foreach (object item in items)
                 {
                     Control container = this.CreateContainerOverride(item);
-                    container.Parent = this.Owner;
                     container.TemplatedParent = null;
                     this.AddInternal(item, container);
                     result.Add(container);
diff --git a/Perspex.Controls/IItemsPanel.cs b/Perspex.Controls/IItemsPanel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d655b1ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Perspex.Controls/IItemsPanel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="IItemsPanel.cs" company="Steven Kirk">
+// Copyright 2014 MIT Licence. See licence.md for more information.
+// </copyright>
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace Perspex.Controls
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interface used by <see cref="ItemsControl"/> to set logical ownership of the panel's 
+    /// children.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <see cref="ItemsControl"/> needs to set the logical parent of each of its items to itself.
+    /// To do this, it uses this interface to instruct the panel that instead of setting the 
+    /// logical parent for each child to the panel itself, it should set it to that of 
+    /// <see cref="ChildLogicalParent"/>.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public interface IItemsPanel
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the logical parent that should be set on children of the panel.
+        /// </summary>
+        ILogical ChildLogicalParent { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Perspex.Controls/ItemsControl.cs b/Perspex.Controls/ItemsControl.cs
index 7767904df4..265314264a 100644
--- a/Perspex.Controls/ItemsControl.cs
+++ b/Perspex.Controls/ItemsControl.cs
@@ -69,13 +69,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls
         {
             get
             {
-                if (this.logicalChildren == null)
-                {
-                    this.logicalChildren = new PerspexReadOnlyListView<IVisual, ILogical>(
-                        new PerspexList<IVisual>(), 
-                        x => (ILogical)x);
-                }
-
+                this.ApplyTemplate();
                 return this.logicalChildren;
             }
         }
diff --git a/Perspex.Controls/Panel.cs b/Perspex.Controls/Panel.cs
index ae9bbf21e3..46014c1791 100644
--- a/Perspex.Controls/Panel.cs
+++ b/Perspex.Controls/Panel.cs
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls
     /// <summary>
     /// Base class for controls that can contain multiple children.
     /// </summary>
-    public class Panel : Control, ILogical
+    public class Panel : Control, ILogical, IItemsPanel
     {
         private Controls children;
 
+        private ILogical childLogicalParent;
+
+        public Panel()
+        {
+            this.childLogicalParent = this;
+        }
+
         public Controls Children
         {
             get
@@ -58,32 +65,30 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls
             }
         }
 
-        public bool IsLogicalParent { get; set; } = true;
-
         IReadOnlyPerspexList<ILogical> ILogical.LogicalChildren
         {
             get { return this.children; }
         }
 
+        ILogical IItemsPanel.ChildLogicalParent
+        {
+            get { return this.childLogicalParent; }
+            set { this.childLogicalParent = value; }
+        }
+
         private void ClearLogicalParent(IEnumerable<Control> controls)
         {
-            if (this.IsLogicalParent)
+            foreach (var control in controls)
             {
-                foreach (var control in controls)
-                {
-                    control.Parent = null;
-                }
+                control.Parent = null;
             }
         }
 
         private void SetLogicalParent(IEnumerable<Control> controls)
         {
-            if (this.IsLogicalParent)
+            foreach (var control in controls)
             {
-                foreach (var control in controls)
-                {
-                    control.Parent = this;
-                }
+                control.Parent = this.childLogicalParent as Control;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Perspex.Controls/Perspex.Controls.csproj b/Perspex.Controls/Perspex.Controls.csproj
index 4ca024736f..ab79d17bd9 100644
--- a/Perspex.Controls/Perspex.Controls.csproj
+++ b/Perspex.Controls/Perspex.Controls.csproj
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Button.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DropDown.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IContentControl.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IItemsPanel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Platform\IPopupImpl.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Platform\ITopLevelImpl.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Popup.cs" />
diff --git a/Perspex.Controls/Presenters/ItemsPresenter.cs b/Perspex.Controls/Presenters/ItemsPresenter.cs
index 0cdc4b709c..32e8adfbf1 100644
--- a/Perspex.Controls/Presenters/ItemsPresenter.cs
+++ b/Perspex.Controls/Presenters/ItemsPresenter.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Perspex.Controls.Presenters
         {
             this.ClearVisualChildren();
             this.panel = this.ItemsPanel.Build();
-            this.panel.IsLogicalParent = false;
+            ((IItemsPanel)this.panel).ChildLogicalParent = this.TemplatedParent as ILogical;
             this.AddVisualChild(this.panel);
             this.createdPanel = true;
             this.ItemsChanged(Tuple.Create(default(IEnumerable), this.Items));