We experience a mixture of feelings when it comes to our kids…. especially those formative years of growth. Children have a way of bringing out many of our strongest human emotions and feelings that range from pride to worry, happiness to sadness, hopes to fears, satisfaction to tension, agitation to frustration and so on. We nurture them and give words of praise and encouragement. We look forward to and remember the milestones they reach as they are growing up. We take much pride in their endeavors, accomplishments and achievements. On the other hand they know how to push our buttons… and over time become very good and adept at it 😛 We set boundaries and limits… always trying to look out for their best interest and well-being. Sometimes, on the inside, you kind of wish the time to slow down or freeze on those special moments in life – for your children to enjoy those carefree years of kids simply being kids… before all those responsibilities and obligations kick in as adulthood approaches.
We watch our children growing up in oh so many ways including when your little baby begins to crawl – When your toddler begins to take those first few steps – When you hear the first word spoken by your baby – When you send your little one off to their first day of kindergarten at school – When your child stars to socialize and make his or her first friend – When your adolescent becomes a teenager and the big jump from elementary school to high school – That first dance or prom – That first job – The magic milestone ages of 16, 18 and 21 – Graduation day is another extraordinary moment – basically the transition from youth heading out into the adult world… some to a higher education… some into military service… some into full-time work.
Music is a great way to express those emotions at various stages of your child or children’s growth. Certain songs will reflect certain moments and times in your lives. Songs about growing up is an ideal way of getting your feelings to reach the heart of the listener. There are many songs out their about children – both happy and sad – good times and bad times as life is unpredictable – many about growing up – by a huge plethora of songwriters and musical artists. You’ll find a wide array and variety of these songs – from several decades of music – in the list below to choose from to put to your ipod, music player, burn to CD, or whatever else your intentions may be.
Keep in mind that these are songs ABOUT kids and childhood experiences. These are NOT necessarily songs FOR children (although some are) or BY children (although there are a few sung by kids or excerpts within the songs). Be selective in what you choose. Although many are listed here, there have got to many tons more out there. I’ve tried to keep a majority of these as “mainstream” without digging too deep. Let me know in the comment section below if there are others that you know that should be included here and I will add them when I update this list.
Enjoy!
Songs About Children
Songs About Growing Up
Songs About Childhood Experiences
- All-American Girl – Carrie Underwood
- Baby Sittin’ Boogie – Buzz Clifford
- Beautiful Boy – John Lennon, Celine Dion
- Beautiful Child – Fleetwood Mac
- Billy Can’t Read – Paul Overstreet
- Bimbo – Jim Reeves
- Bless The Beasts & The Children – The Carpenters
- Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
- Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin
- Check Yes Or No – George Strait
- Child Support – Barbara Mandrell
- Childhood Places – Dottie West
- Children – Johnny Cash
- Children’s Marching Song – Mitch Miller & His Gang
- Circle Game – Joni Mitchell
- Clair – Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
- Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
- Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast – Wayne Newton
- Daddy What If – Bobby Bare & Bobby Bare Jr.
- Daddy’s Girl – Red Sovine
- Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn
- Daddy’s Little Girl – The Mills Brothers, Al Martino, Frankie J., Faith Hill
- Dance Little Jean – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Don’t Laugh At Me – Mark Wills
- Don’t Take The Girl – Tim McGraw
- Drive (For Daddy Gene) – Alan Jackson
- Eyes of A Child – The Moody Blues
- Eyes of A Child – Air Supply, Michael McDonald (different song than above)
- Father & Daughter – Paul Simon
- Forever Young – Bob Dylan
- Forever Young – Rod Stewart (different song than above)
- Free To Be You & Me – Marlo Thomas & Friends
- Giddy Up Go – Red Sovine
- Girls & Boys – Good Charlotte
- Go Away Little Girl – Steve Lawrence, Donny Osmond
- God Bless The Child – Billie Holiday, Blood Sweat & Tears, Diana Ross, Shania Twain (recorded by several other artists as well)
- Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
- He Walked On Water – Randy Travis
- Hell Is For Children – Pat Benatar
- Help Pour Out The Rain (Lacey’s Song) – Buddy Jewell
- House At Pooh Corner – Kenny Loggins, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- How Far Is Heaven – Kitty Wells
- I Am Your Child – Barry Manilow
- I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Doug Supernaw, Kenny Rogers
- I Loved Her First – Heartland
- I Watched It All On My Radio – Lionel Cartwright
- In My Daughter’s Eyes – Martina McBride
- In My Room – The Beach Boys
- It’ll Come Back – Red Sovine
- Jack & Diane – John Cougar Mellencamp
- Just The Two of Us – Will Smith
- Keep It Between The Lines – Ricky Van Shelton
- Keep On Singing – Helen Reddy, Austin Roberts
- Kid Stuff – Barbra Fairchild
- Kids of The Baby Boom – Bellamy Brothers
- Kids Say The Darndest Things – Tammy Wynette
- Let Them Be Little – Billy Dean, Lonestar
- Little Girl – Tim McGraw
- Love Without End Amen – George Strait
- Lullaby To Him – The Hollies
- Mama Let Him Play – Jerry Doucette
- Mockingbird – Inez Foxx, Carly Simon & James Taylor, Toby Keith
- Mockingbird (Haile’s Song) – Eminem
- Mr. Mom – Lonestar
- My Boy – Richard Harris
- My Front Porch Looking In – Lonestar
- No Charge – Melba Montgomery, Shirley Caesar
- Nobody’s Child – Hank Snow, Hank Williams Jr., Traveling Wilburys
- Oklahoma – Billy Gilman
- Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine – Tom T. Hall
- One Boy, One Girl – Collin Raye
- One Voice – Billy Gilman
- One Hundred Children – Tom T. Hall
- Patches – Clarence Carter
- Playground In My Mind – Clint Holmes
- Please Daddy – John Denver
- Please Daddy – Dwight Yoakam (different song than above)
- Puff The Magic Dragon – Peter Paul & Mary
- Puppy Love – Paul Anka, Donny Osmond
- Que Sera Sera – Doris Day
- Ready Set Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
- Rock & Roll Baby – The Stylistics
- Roll on (Eighteen Wheeler) – Alabama
- Skip A Rope – Henson Cargill
- So Much Like My Dad – George Strait
- Stealing Cinderella – Chuck Wicks
- Stolen Moments – Jim Witter
- Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses, Sheryl Crow
- Sweet Little Rock & Roller – Chuck Berry
- Teach Your Children – Crosby Stills Nash & Young
- Teddy Bear – Red Sovine
- Thank God For Kids – Oak Ridge Boys
- That’s My Job – Conway Twitty
- The Best Day – George Strait
- The Dollar – Jamey Johnson
- The Game That Daddies Play – Conway Twitty
- The Greatest – Kenny Rogers
- The Kid – Clint Black
- The Kid In Me – Craig Morgan
- The Kids Are Alright – The Who
- The Kid’s Aren’t Alright – The Offspring
- The Little Girl – John Michael Montgomery
- The Marvelous Toy – Chad Mitchell Trio, Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver
- The Men In My Little Girl’s Life – Mike Douglas
- The Obvious Child – Paul Simon
- The Only Child – Jackson Browne
- Then They Do – Trace Adkins
- There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney
- This One’s For The Girls – Martina McBride
- This Used To Be My Playground – Madonna
- Tough Little Boys – Gary Allan
- Two Little Boys – Rolf Harris
- Watching Scotty Grow – Bobby Goldsboro
- Watching You – Rodney Atkins
- What Is Truth – Johnny Cash
- When A Child Is Born – Johnny Mathis, Michael Holm, Kenny Rogers (covered by several other artists as well)
- When I Grow Up – Pussycat Dolls
- When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) – The Beach Boys
- When I Was A Boy – Dar Williams
- When The Children Cry – White Lion
- Where Do The Children Play – Cat Stevens
- With A Child’s Heart – Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Raven Symone
- Wonderful – Everclear
- You & Me Against The World – Helen Reddy
- You Can’t Lose Me – Faith Hill
- Your Dad Did – John Hiatt
- You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins
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