The Five Parenting Guidelines

Third in this series specially created for children with help from the Himalayan Academy and Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii, read about the 5 Parenting Guidelines in this feature on the basics of Hinduism for kids.

These guidelines or "Pancha Kutumba Sadhana" describe the principles that guide fathers and mothers in setting strong religious examples that nurture children and teach them to follow the path of dharma and thus pass Hinduism to the next generation.

Written by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami and illustrated by A Manivel, these first appeared in the book Dancing with Siva.