India, Sept. 1 -- The two recent disturbing instances of children being assaulted in the Capital - a three-year-old by staffers at a daycare and a nursery student sexually assaulted on a school bus - have sent shockwaves across the city. Parents are on high alert, raising questions about how they can protect their child, who may be too young to have the vocabulary or confidence to explain distress, assault, or bullying faced in school, daycare, or elsewhere.

Dr Rakhi Anand, Senior consultant psychologist, points to possible indicators including:

2. Frequent crying or irritability

3. Changes in sleep or appetite

4. Nightmares

5. Regression in previously acquired skills

6. Increased clinginess

7. Unexplained physical complaints such ...