Mother and Child Reunion Mother and Child Reunion "Mother and Child Reunion" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his second self-titled studio album (1972), released on Columbia Records. It was released as a single on February 5, 1972, reaching No. 1 in South Africa and No. 4 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 57 song for 1972. It was at the time one of the few songs by a non-Jamaican musician to use prominent elements of reggae. Simon was a fan of reggae music, and he listened to
Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) created in 1979. The preceding series, "Degrassi High", ended in 1991, although a television movie, "School's Out", aired in 1992 and wrapped up the storylines of the characters. "Mother and Child Reunion" reunited some of those characters in a ten-year high school reunion, while also introducing a new generation of Degrassi Community School students: Emma Nelson, , J.T. Yorke and Toby Isaacs. The episode received mixed reviews from the mass media, with the "Ottawa Citizen" saying that it offers "nothing new to viewers familiar with the groundbreaking preceding series", and "The Seattle Times" saying it "soft-pedals through the issues", although