Teach Your Children

Teach Your Children

Infobox Single
Name = Teach Your Children


Caption =
Artist = Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
from Album = Déjà Vu
A-side =
B-side = "Carry On"
Released = May, 1970
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 2:53
Label = Atlantic Records
Writer = Graham Nash
Producer = Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Certification =
Chart position = * #6 (Pop Singles)
Last single = "Woodstock"
(1970)
This single = "Teach Your Children"
(1970)
Next single = "Ohio"
(1970)
Misc =

"Teach Your Children" is a song by Graham Nash from the album "Deja Vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released in 1970. It quickly became a counterculture anthem.Fact|date=February 2007 Written about Nash's difficult relationship with his fatherFact|date=February 2007, it features Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar.

"Teach Your Children" was used in a 1970s public service message on television highlighting the negative aspect of nuclear testing and proliferation. The clip portrayed multiple nuclear explosions carried out by the United States.Fact|date=February 2007

It was also used as one of the songs in the 1971 British movie "Melody".

It also appeared on the show "WKRP in Cincinnati" on the episode "I Want to Keep My Baby".

The song was performed on "The Office" by Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute in the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day." It was also performed as a duet between Graham Nash and "American Idol" finalist Brooke White, on the season seven finale of "American Idol" on May 21, 2008. It was performed by Crosby, Stills, and Nash on "The Colbert Report" on July 30, 2008 with host Stephen Colbert filling in the fourth harmony (Neil Young's portion) and wearing a Young-mocking outfit (and being referred to by Nash as "Neil").


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