30 photos of young parents who were definitely cooler than us today
Drop the stereotypes and look at your parents in a new way! After all, before changing your diapers, they were young, wild and free to do whatever they want. In many cases, their previous lives were even more impressive than our current ones. But it's one thing to listen to their stories, and another to see photo evidence.
Surprised and a little proud of their parents' past, people post photos of their moms and dads on OldSchoolCool. It remains only to be surprised at their incredible coolness, having gone on a photo trip in time!
"My mom in 1983. By the way, she assembled this motorcycle herself!"
"My 17-year-old mother is protesting against the Ku Klux Klan. In 1976, in Atlanta, it took a lot of courage!"
"My mother is a tank training instructor, 1984"
"My dad on a skateboard, 1982. He's cool!"
"My dad in the late 1960s. He's a god!"
"My dad and his friends, 1982. They look like the crew of "Very strange cases""
"My dad sculpts a bust of my mom, 1980"
"My mom on her wedding day in 1979. She's the queen!"
"France, 1985. Mom feeds me backstage during a ballet performance before going on stage"
"My mother came to the USA from Germany in 1948, at the age of 18, without speaking a word in English. Six years later, she became a model. This is her in 1954."
"My pregnant mom during the Berkeley student unrest in 1969"
"My mother immigrated to the USA from Japan in 1978. She worked like hell for several months – and managed to buy this Chevrolet Impala for $500"
"My mom on a skateboard, 1984"
"My mom played in a girl rock band in the 1960s"
"My mom in 1970. She has just received a university degree – the first in her family"
"My mom is a radio DJ, late 1970s"
"48 bottles of beer, a unicycle and my dad, 1980"
"My mom is a ranger in Boston Common Park, 1980"
"My dad was a pop star in Argentina. In this picture from the 1960s, he is with Ella Fitzgerald"
"My parents in their youth. Here mom is 16 and Dad is 17. They have been together for 34 years"
"My parents are building their own house, 1953. Now my mom is 91 years old, she still lives in it"
"In the late 1980s, my father was one of the first rockers in China"
"My mom is in the early 90s. She drew the coat of arms on her shield herself"
"The end of the 1980s. Me and my dad are a military pilot"
"Photos from the 1970s: my mom on a date with Arnold"
"My mom at a party with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, 1982, Los Angeles"
"My mother immigrated to the United States from Iran in 1978. Here she is a year later in a Wonder Woman costume"
"My dad and his partner are undercover agents. The photo was taken in 1976, right after they managed to prevent an armed bank robbery"
"My dad in 1977. Powerful dude!"
"In this photo from 1948, Dad is 11 years old. He is standing next to his first car, the money for which he saved himself working on the farm"