Child Categories not showing up

[Meps]

I have multiple child categories that are not showing up on the main part of the page. They appear in the drop down menu on the side. The only categories I can see are the parent categories on the front page. I have a template installed from www.virtuemarttemplates.net. When it is the default template I have the problem. If I go back to the VM default templates, the categories show up. Tech support at virtuemarttemplates.net say that there is an issue with VM overrides. Is anyone else having this issue and is there a solution?

[buzi]

Im having the same problem using the beez_20 joomla template.

does anyone know where the code for displaying child categories on the front page is so i can try and hack it maybe ?
thanks