If your child exhibits one or more of the undermentioned symptoms or faces any of the issues, now is the time to check on them.

Habit disorders

• Thumb sucking
• nail biting
• other purposeless movement disorders

Anxiety Disorders

• Separation anxiety
• school refusal
• performance anxiety
• phobic disorders
• obsessive and/or compulsive disorders

Emotional

• temper tantrums, breath-holding spasms
• Depression in childhood and adolescent age
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.)
• Disruptive disorders
• Oppositional defiant disorders
• Conduct Disorders
  • Disobedience
  • Stealing
  • lying

Speech and Language disorders

• delayed speech
• wrong pronunciation
• stammering

Eating disorders

• overeating
• refusal to eat
• food fads (making fuss about type of food)

Somatoform Disorders

• physical symptoms due to underlying psychological causes; e.g., hysteria.

Sleep disorders

• insomnia
• nightmares
• night terrors
• sleepwalking

Problems of scholastic performance

• Learning Disabilities (LD)
  • Dyslexia
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Spelling
  • mathematical difficulties

Elimination disorders

• nocturnal enuresis
• bed wetting
• faecal soiling

Substance-use disorder

• alcohol, opium, caffeine etc.

Addictions

• Mobile Phones
• Games
• TV
• Internet
• Doing drugs

Other Symptoms & Issues

• Aggressive Behavioural Tendencies
• Anxiety
• Avoiding Responsibilities
• Behavioural Issues
• Bullying
• Complexes
• Concentration Issues
• Dependability Issues
• Difficulty in Studies
• Lack of Attention
• Narcissism
• Phobias
• School Refusal
• Self-care Issues
• Short Temperedness
• Sibling Rivalry
• Smoking
• Stubbornness
• Time Management Issues

Developmental disorders

Pervasive Developmental Disorders

• Autism
• organic brain disorders
• disintegrative disorders

Children in stress, and under special circumstances – adoption, custodial care, foster parenting etc.

Remember - It is better to build a child than to repair a broken adult.