Teach Your Children

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"Teach Your Children"
Single by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
from the album Déjà Vu
Released	1970
Genre	Folk rock
Length	2:53
Label	Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Graham Nash
Producer(s)	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Chart positions
#6 (Pop Singles)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young singles chronology
"Our House" (1970)	"Teach Your Children" (1970)	"Woodstock" (1970)

"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.^{[citation needed]} Written about Nash's difficult relationship with his father^{[citation needed]}, it features Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar.

"Teach Your Children" was used in a 1970's 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.^{[citation needed]}