diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/AnimatedWithChildren-test.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/AnimatedWithChildren-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7630c7497480c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/AnimatedWithChildren-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ * @oncall react_native
+ */
+
+describe('AnimatedWithChildren', () => {
+  let AnimatedWithChildren;
+  let AnimatedValue;
+  let AnimatedTransform;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    AnimatedWithChildren = require('../nodes/AnimatedWithChildren').default;
+    AnimatedValue = require('../nodes/AnimatedValue').default;
+    AnimatedTransform = require('../nodes/AnimatedTransform').default;
+  });
+
+  it('adds a child to the children array when it is not already present', () => {
+    const parent = new AnimatedWithChildren();
+    const child = new AnimatedValue(0);
+
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(0);
+
+    parent.__addChild(child);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(1);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren()).toContain(child);
+  });
+
+  it('prevents adding the same child more than once to the children array', () => {
+    const parent = new AnimatedWithChildren();
+    const child = new AnimatedValue(0);
+
+    parent.__addChild(child);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(1);
+
+    parent.__addChild(child);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('removes a child correctly from the children array when it exists', () => {
+    const parent = new AnimatedWithChildren();
+    const child1 = new AnimatedValue(0);
+    const child2 = new AnimatedValue(10);
+
+    parent.__addChild(child1);
+    parent.__addChild(child2);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(2);
+
+    parent.__removeChild(child1);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(1);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren()).not.toContain(child1);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren()).toContain(child2);
+
+    parent.__removeChild(child2);
+    expect(parent.__getChildren().length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('maintains 1:1 relationship between addChild and removeChild when the same value is reused', () => {
+    const value = new AnimatedValue(0);
+    const initialChildCount = value.__getChildren().length;
+    expect(initialChildCount).toBe(0);
+
+    const transform = [
+      { translateX: value },
+      { translateY: value },
+    ];
+
+    const animatedTransform = AnimatedTransform.from(transform);
+    animatedTransform.__attach();
+
+    const childCountAfterAttach = value.__getChildren().length;
+    expect(childCountAfterAttach).toBeGreaterThan(initialChildCount);
+
+    animatedTransform.__detach();
+
+    expect(value.__getChildren().length).toBe(initialChildCount);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedWithChildren.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedWithChildren.js
index 9d4469e33c44c9..4cfa0b950e5350 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedWithChildren.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/nodes/AnimatedWithChildren.js
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export default class AnimatedWithChildren extends AnimatedNode {
   }
 
   __addChild(child: AnimatedNode): void {
+    // Prevent adding duplicate animated nodes.
+    if (this._children.includes(child)) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (this._children.length === 0) {
       this.__attach();
     }
@@ -53,7 +57,6 @@ export default class AnimatedWithChildren extends AnimatedNode {
   __removeChild(child: AnimatedNode): void {
     const index = this._children.indexOf(child);
     if (index === -1) {
-      console.warn("Trying to remove a child that doesn't exist");
       return;
     }
     if (this.__isNative && child.__isNative) {