India has emerged as the world's most populous nation in 2023, with an estimated population of 1.428 billion people. 18.6 per cent of which are children aged 0-17 years. This is a period of tremendous physical development and growth, as well as rapid mental, emotional, and social transformation for them. A variety of factors, including family conflict, poverty, low academic achievement, and parental unemployment, rather than psychological and physiological health issues, influence the behavioral problems in children. A child guidance clinic is one of the medico-social amenities for the organized and scientific study and treatment of maladjustment in children. Pediatric nurses are those nurses who care for children belonging to all age groups in a variety of healthcare settings. Nurses play a central role in child guidance clinics, providing holistic care, guidance, and support to children and their families, with a focus on mental health, development, and safety.