Nursery rhymes and lullabies have been part of childhood for generations and help create lasting memories. These songs can soothe children, support language development, and strengthen emotional bonds ...

In cultures around the world, the songs that coax kids to sleep are windows into parents’ hopes, fears, and dreams for the future. living-lullabies-17Altanzul Sukhchuluun and her daughter, Khulan, ...

We learn certain emotional truths through experience. We can be scared, but still be OK. We can build resilience. We can let go of things. These lessons can take a lifetime to learn. But what if we ...

"Pick a song that you can stand to sing over and over, maybe for years," is advice that Elizabeth Wolf of Merrimac, Mass., gives new parents. "Doesn't matter how well you sing it. Over time that will ...

For three years, the Philadelphia Lullaby Project has been pairing parents with songwriters to write original lullabies for their babies. The group has written and produced about 125 songs. Because ...

Generational songwriters, and all writers for that matter, feel every single emotion the heart is capable of feeling. Thus, their musical catalog includes every single one of those emotions in some ...

Almost everybody remembers someone who sang to them. Zakkiyya Johnson's mother sang "Lean on Me" to her while teaching her how to play a keyboard. Linnet Early Husi's parents made up songs about her.

In a classroom at the Lund Family Center in Burlington, Lund resident and mom of three Julia* waded through the messy, nonlinear process of writing a song. Julia had already worked with instructors ...

OK, parents and caretakers of young kids. Listen up. This one's for you. It's been a long day. You're tired. You just want to relax. But you have a kid to put to bed, and they're not sleeping. For our ...

Metallica have had their songs reworked as lullabies for children. In an album entitled Lullaby Renditions of Metallica, tracks such as 'Enter Sandman' and 'The Unforgiven' have been recorded with the ...