"You Better Sit Down Kids" is a major hit single by American singer/actress Cher in 1967 from her fourth studio album With Love, Chér, released in November 1967 by Imperial Records.
Cher later recorded an Italian version of the song titled "Bambini Miei Cari (Sedetevi Attorno)".
[3] The song starts slow, then, after a few stanzas, a fast bridge section has the father giving some orders to the kids, including to "Say your prayers before you go to bed, and be sure to get to school on time".
[3] Joe Viglione from Allmusic also wrote a favorable review of the song, calling it "the moment in the sun" of the album and describing it as a "tremendous performance".
[4] A Billboard article listing Cher's biggest songs, ranked the "You Better Sit Down Kids" as the seventeenth.
[11] The same year, Liza Minnelli covered the song on her self-titled studio album released by A&M Records.
[12] Glen Campbell covered the song on his twelfth album Wichita Lineman, released by Capitol Records.