1Following a distinguished career in residential child care, Cynthia Cross is a freelance child consultant. She is a generous contributor to the goodenoughcaring journal and a member of their editorial group. This article was published in the goodenoughcaring Journal, which is an online publication. It was originally posted on December 18th, 2013 (http://www.goodenoughcaring.com/the-journal/winnicott-and-residential-work-2/)