Children:
Songs supporting young people and their adults
Highly recommended: 'Forever Young' by Joan Baez
(Lyrics)
Hopes of children
* I Want A Mom That Will Last Forever (Cyndi Lauper) Lyrics
Hopes of parents
* Forever Young (Joan Baez) Lyrics
* I Hope You Dance (Lee Anne Womack) Lyrics
* Just The Two Of Us (Will Smith) Lyrics
* May Each Day (Any Williams) Lyrics
* We've Only Just Begun (The Carpenters) Lyrics
Not technically about the birth of a child, but it fits quite well don't you think?
Promises of parents
* An Irish Blessing (Ralph McTell) Lyrics
* Come To Me (Celine Dion) Lyrics
* Father To Son (Phil Collins) Lyrics
* If I Could (Barbra Streisand) Lyrics
* Sorry Love Daddy (Brian McFadden) Lyrics
* You And Me Against The World (Helen Reddy) Lyrics
Appreciating parents
* Dad's Yard (Catie Curtis) Lyrics
* Father, Son (Peter Gabriel) Lyrics
* Song For My Father (Dee Dee Bridgewater) Lyrics
Sorry, I couldn't find a version of the song that matched the actual lyrics
Advice
* Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy (Sonia Evans) Lyrics
* Bless The Beasts And The Children (The Carpenters) Lyrics
* Children Will Listen (Barbra Streisand) Lyrics
* Everything Possible (Roy Bailey) Lyrics
* I Am Your Child (Barry Manilow) Lyrics
* On Children (Mebuya) Lyrics
* Someone's Waiting For You (From The Rescuers) Lyrics
* Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills & Nash) Lyrics
* Ugly Ducking (Danny Kaye) Lyrics
* You've Got To Be Carefully Taught (From 'South Pacific') Lyrics
Celebrating children and connecting with our own childhoods
* All I Gave (World Party ) Lyrics
* Baby Mine (From 'Dumbo') Lyrics
* Blessed (Elton John) Lyrics
* Born To Be Alive (Patrick Hernandez) Lyrics
* Child Of Mine (Carole King) Lyrics
* Greatest Love Of All (Whitney Houston) Lyrics
* Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder) Lyrics
* Little Star (Madonna) Lyrics
* Miracle (Celine Dion) Lyrics
* Song Of Being A Child (Van Morrison) Lyrics
* Starchild (Level 42) Lyrics
* Thanks For My Child (Cheryl Pepsi Riley) Lyrics
* Welcome To The World (Toni Childs) Lyrics
Schools that nuture and develop young people
I have also produced a health and wellbeing curriculum for schools that might interest some of you. Click here to see it. Teachers may like to think about how they could use some of the songs from the Inspiration Jukebox to teach it.
Sweet Gene Genie
I have produced the text for a children's book on feelings. It is called 'Sweet Gene Genie' and has pop music references in it too. Click here if you want to read it or even illustrate it for free for me.
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