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10+ Children Who Saw Their Parents From Before And Learned They Were Cooler Than Them
Which of these parents do you think is the coolest?
Ryan Aliapoulios
10.05.17

Have you ever been embarrassed by your parents?

Weโ€™ve all had moments where we thought we were cooler than our mom and dad. Still, sometimes our parents have more style than we give them credit for. After all, our parents were kids once, too. Perhaps the ultimate lesson of all this is that when youโ€™re a kid, you have more style and swagger than youโ€™ll ever have again in your life. Regardless, weโ€™ve dug up some evidence just to prove our point.

Here are 30 examples of some of the coolest parents ever.

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1. This skateboarding, California mom from 1977.

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2. This brave dad standing up to the Ku Klux Klan in 1985.

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3. This dad skateboarding in a suit from 1982.

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4. This 16-year-old on top of her Camaro in 1975.

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5. This 1960s motorcycle dad.

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6. This dad cooking barbecue on a submarine.

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7. This young man posing with a 1939 Ford.

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8. This mom posing like a secret agent in Moscow.

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9. We wish we had moves as slick as this dad does.

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10. This military diving dad stationed in Saudi Arabia.

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11. Not everyone can ski-jump as gracefully as this 80s dad.

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12. This mom was taking selfies before we even had the word for it.

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13. Everyone wishes their dad was as cool as this science teacher is.

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14. This young mom hanging out in the wilderness with her Alaskan pup.

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15. How many dads out there can carry two cases of beer while riding a motorcycle?

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16. Did your dad ever pick up Magic Johnson like this back in the day?

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17. Donโ€™t listen to your mom when she says she never got into any trouble when she was a kid.

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18. You can tell how much this little boy idolizes his dad already.

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19. Few people look as rugged as this Alaskan dad.

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20. Did your dad ever wander out into the ocean to shoot an album cover?

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21. These parents re-staging the cover of From Here to Eternity.

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22. Few people have the brawn and the technical know-how like this dad.

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23. We donโ€™t want to know what happened to this dad after this picture was taken.

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24. This mom was rocking out as far back as 1986.

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25. This marching band dad from 1985 decided to add some of his own flair to the uniform.

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26. If youโ€™re going to flip your Mustang, you can at least look as cool as this guy does while doing it.

27. A lot of dads fish but few catch prizes as big as this one.

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28. You wouldnโ€™t want to mess with this gun-toting โ€™70s mom.

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29. The rugged individualism look seemed to be a popular look for dads back in the day.

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30. To top the other unicycle pictures, this old dad rode one with three wheels.

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