Aug 19, 2026 · 25 min · 8 segments
In this episode of The Kindness Code, we unpack what real progress actually looks like for children in residential care and why it's rarely the big, dramatic transformation people expect. It's a…
I think it's about recognising when progress doesn't look like progress, being able to recognise where it is progress.
Because we, in residential childcare...
The goal is progress.
The local authority...
Sorry, I'm interrupting.
It is like, you know, this isn't the right language.
Fix the kids.
Obviously, that's what we're doing.
We're just healing you and part of your journey.
But actually understanding.
It's not about the end goal.
It is just...
Sorry, that just really landed with me.
I love this where I get to kind of go, oh, enough of a light bulb moment.
The goal is just progress and incremental baby progress.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
By
as
long
as
it's
moving forward.
For sure.
And...
There's a lot of pressure on the adults working with the children and majors and managers to capture progress, to record progress.
I think it's about recognising when progress doesn't look like progress, being able to recognise where it is progress.
Because we, in residential childcare...
The goal is progress.
The local authority...
Sorry, I'm interrupting.
It is like, you know, this isn't the right language.
Fix the kids.
Obviously, that's what we're doing.
We're just healing you and part of your journey.
But actually understanding.
It's not about the end goal.
It is just...
Sorry, that just really landed with me.
I love this where I get to kind of go, oh, enough of a light bulb moment.
The goal is just progress and incremental baby progress.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
By
as
long
as
it's
moving forward.
For sure.
And...
There's a lot of pressure on the adults working with the children and majors and managers to capture progress, to record progress.
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