* BrokenBase: Fans are split between Lily. While many people feel sympathy for Lily and enjoy watching her storyline, some people feel that she has a little too many focus episodes compared to the likes of Toby and Gus, who get little to no focus episodes.
* FridgeHorror: In Series 2, Episode 2, Johnny is upset with Lily being fostered by Cam and he laments how he "never does anything wrong and gets nothing" and then runs over to climb the ladder to the roof. It seems to imply that Johnny was going to jump off the roof himself.
* TheScrappy: [[MyBelovedSmother Christine Perry's]] stroppy over protectiveness also garnered a bit of bile in her brief role in the series.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Kitty is introduced with the Burnywood kids as a very quiet kid who doesn't like to be touched and hates loud noises. It could have been interesting to learn more about her backstory and why she is the way that she is. Much to the disappointment of fans, she is mentioned to be moved to a special care home after the opener for Series 3.
** A CBBC Extra segment once stated that Gus is in care because his parents couldn't cope with him being autistic and they abused him. A storyline focused on his backstory could have been a nice way to develop Gus more. However, Gus isn't given a central episode until his departure in "The Dumping Ground" and aside from his dad being mentioned when Gus was away visiting him and then he moved away to Germany, Gus's backstory is never explored.