Well, sort of.
Positive parents stuff huh?
Amy Grant: Baby, baby. A song that was written about her child, although most people didn’t realise it.
Bob Carlysle: Butterfly kisses. With mention of both this song and “Seasons in the Sun” this thread is now required by federal law to carry a warning to diabetics due to excessive, sickening sweetness.
Creed: With arms wide open as already mentioned.
Harry Chapin again: ** There Only Was One Choice ** “And as I wander with my music through the jungles of despair my kid will learn guitar and find his street corner somewhere. There he’ll make the silence listen to the dream behind the voice and show his minstrel Hamlet daddy that there only was one choice”
Elton John: Blessed. A strange little song about child as yet unborn. “Hey you, you’re a child in my head. You haven’t walked yet, your first words have yet to be said but I swear you’ll be blessed”
John Lennon: Beautiful Boy as already mentioned.
Billy Joel: Lullaby. “And like a boat out on the ocean, I’m rocking you to sleep, the water’s dark and deep inside this ancient heart you’ll always be a part of me”
Elton John: The Greatest Gift.
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again–Phantom of the Opera
I second Graceland. The title song and That was your mother, at least, have good references to parent-child relationships.
How about -
‘Your Dad Did’ by John Hiatt
or any combination of songs by Loudon/Rufus/Martha Wainwright?
esp ‘Hitting You’ or "Rufus is a Tit Man’ by Loudon,
and ‘Dinner at 8’ by Rufus
MiM
additionally to some great choices -
“My Father” and “Born to the Breed” - Judy Collins
“Child’s Song” - Tom Rush