Songs About Children

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 Growing Up

Songs About Childhood Experiences

1. All-American Girl – Carrie Underwood
2. Baby Sittin’ Boogie – Buzz Clifford
3. Beautiful Boy – John Lennon, Celine Dion
4. Beautiful Child – Fleetwood Mac
5. Billy Can’t Read – Paul Overstreet
6. Bimbo – Jim Reeves
7. Bless The Beasts & The Children – The Carpenters
8. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
9. Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin
10. Check Yes Or No – George Strait
11. Child Support – Barbara Mandrell
12. Childhood Places – Dottie West
13. Children – Johnny Cash
14. Children’s Marching Song – Mitch Miller & His Gang
15. Circle Game – Joni Mitchell
16. Clair – Gilbert O’Sullivan
17. Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
18. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
19. Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast – Wayne Newton
20. Daddy What If – Bobby Bare & Bobby Bare Jr.
21. Daddy’s Girl – Red Sovine
22. Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn
23. Daddy’s Little Girl – The Mills Brothers, Al Martino, Frankie J., Faith Hill
24. Dance Little Jean – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
25. Don’t Laugh At Me – Mark Wills
26. Don’t Take The Girl – Tim McGraw
27. Drive (For Daddy Gene) – Alan Jackson
28. Eyes of A Child – The Moody Blues
29. Eyes of A Child – Air Supply, Michael McDonald (different song than above)
30. Father & Daughter – Paul Simon
31. Forever Young – Bob Dylan
32. Forever Young – Rod Stewart (different song than above)
33. Free To Be You & Me – Marlo Thomas & Friends
34. Giddy Up Go – Red Sovine
35. Girls & Boys – Good Charlotte
36. Go Away Little Girl – Steve Lawrence, Donny Osmond
37. God Bless The Child – Billie Holiday, Blood Sweat & Tears, Diana Ross, Shania Twain (recorded by several other artists as well)
38. Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston
39. He Walked On Water – Randy Travis
40. Hell Is For Children – Pat Benatar
41. Help Pour Out The Rain (Lacey’s Song) – Buddy Jewell
42. House At Pooh Corner – Kenny Loggins, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
43. How Far Is Heaven – Kitty Wells
44. I Am Your Child – Barry Manilow
45. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Doug Supernaw, Kenny Rogers
46. I Loved Her First – Heartland
47. I Watched It All On My Radio – Lionel Cartwright
48. In My Daughter’s Eyes – Martina McBride
49. In My Room – The Beach Boys
50. It’ll Come Back – Red Sovine
51. Jack & Diane – John Cougar Mellencamp
52. Just The Two of Us – Will Smith
53. Keep It Between The Lines – Ricky Van Shelton
54. Keep On Singing – Helen Reddy, Austin Roberts
55. Kid Stuff – Barbra Fairchild
56. Kids of The Baby Boom – Bellamy Brothers
57. Kids Say The Darndest Things – Tammy Wynette
58. Let Them Be Little – Billy Dean, Lonestar
59. Little Girl – Tim McGraw
60. Love Without End Amen – George Strait
61. Lullaby To Him – The Hollies
62. Mama Let Him Play – Jerry Doucette
63. Mockingbird – Inez Foxx, Carly Simon & James Taylor, Toby Keith
64. Mockingbird (Haile’s Song) – Eminem
65. Mr. Mom – Lonestar
66. My Boy – Richard Harris
67. My Front Porch Looking In – Lonestar
68. No Charge – Melba Montgomery, Shirley Caesar
69. Nobody’s Child – Hank Snow, Hank Williams Jr., Traveling Wilburys
70. Oklahoma – Billy Gilman
71. Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine – Tom T. Hall
72. One Boy, One Girl – Collin Raye
73. One Voice – Billy Gilman
74. One Hundred Children – Tom T. Hall
75. Patches – Clarence Carter
76. Playground In My Mind – Clint Holmes
77. Please Daddy – John Denver
78. Please Daddy – Dwight Yoakam (different song than above)
79. Puff The Magic Dragon – Peter Paul & Mary
80. Puppy Love – Paul Anka, Donny Osmond
81. Que Sera Sera – Doris Day
82. Ready Set Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
83. Rock & Roll Baby – The Stylistics
84. Roll on (Eighteen Wheeler) – Alabama
85. Skip A Rope – Henson Cargill
86. So Much Like My Dad – George Strait
87. Stealing Cinderella – Chuck Wicks
88. Stolen Moments – Jim Witter
89. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses, Sheryl Crow
90. Sweet Little Rock & Roller – Chuck Berry
91. Teach Your Children – Crosby Stills Nash & Young
92. Teddy Bear – Red Sovine
93. Thank God For Kids – Oak Ridge Boys
94. That’s My Job – Conway Twitty
95. The Best Day – George Strait
96. The Dollar – Jamey Johnson
97. The Game That Daddies Play – Conway Twitty
98. The Greatest – Kenny Rogers
99. The Kid – Clint Black
100. The Kid In Me – Craig Morgan
101. The Kids Are Alright – The Who
102. The Kid’s Aren’t Alright – The Offspring
103. The Little Girl – John Michael Montgomery
104. The Marvelous Toy – Chad Mitchell Trio, Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver
105. The Men In My Little Girl’s Life – Mike Douglas
106. The Obvious Child – Paul Simon
107. The Only Child – Jackson Browne
108. Then They Do – Trace Adkins
109. There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney
110. This One’s For The Girls – Martina McBride
111. This Used To Be My Playground – Madonna
112. Tough Little Boys – Gary Allan
113. Two Little Boys – Rolf Harris
114. Watching Scotty Grow – Bobby Goldsboro
115. Watching You – Rodney Atkins
116. What Is Truth – Johnny Cash
117. When A Child Is Born – Johnny Mathis, Michael Holm, Kenny Rogers (covered by several other artists as well)
118. When I Grow Up – Pussycat Dolls
     
119. When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) – The Beach Boys
120. When I Was A Boy – Dar Williams
121. When The Children Cry – White Lion
122. Where Do The Children Play – Cat Stevens
123. With A Child’s Heart – Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Raven Symone
124. Wonderful – Everclear
125. You & Me Against The World – Helen Reddy
126. You Can’t Lose Me – Faith Hill
127. Your Dad Did – John Hiatt
128. You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins