When you realize that your parents were a hundred times cooler than you

The problem of fathers and children is eternal, like life itself. Young people do not want to understand the elderly, the concerns of the older generation seem to them frivolous, and this generation itself is ridiculous and ridiculous. But sometimes one look at old photos in a family album can put all the dots over the "I".

"My mother served in the army and flew a helicopter"

"My mother studied to be a welder in 1984 and was the only girl in the group"

"This is my father and his mother in 1959. She was a veterinarian. And this is their pet lion, who lived with them for two years"

"My father is at his first job at NASA"

"My father dives into the water from a submarine. Pacific Ocean, summer 1983"

"My mother was a homicide detective in the 80s"

"My father fought with Chuck Norris and failed him!"

"My mom does a handstand on two skateboards, 80s"

"My parents in 1972 in front of their store in Paris"

"My father is on a smoke break. During the battles with the army of Saddam Hussein, the 80s."

"My mother holds me in her arms and writes her dissertation on a Macintosh, 1991."

"My father at his bar mitzvah - with the Playboy magazine in his hands" - and other relatives, 1972."

"My mother at the Police Academy, 1984"

"My father was in Vietnam in 1969, when there was no selfie yet"

"My dad is fishing... sitting on a nuclear submarine, 1966"

"My father is in the Philippines, early 80's"

"My father's graduation photo, the 1970s"

"My father and his motorcycle, which he sent by ship to England and on which he traveled all over Europe, 1973."

"My father during a motorcycle race in Africa, mid-80s"

"My parents and their friends during the ascent of Mount St. Helens, 1973."

"Self-portrait of my father, 1980s"

"My mother was 15 years old, at a concert of The Allman Brothers Band, with a cigarette and a broken arm. 1979"

"My father's student ID card"

"My dad was a fighter pilot in the 80s"

"My mom and her surfboard, the 80s."

"My Dad and One of his Catches, 1987"

"My father at the Live Aid concert, 1985"

"I always knew that Mom was cool, but I didn't know that she was so cool. 1985"

"My father in 1988"

"My father was 18 years old. He ran away from home and took a bus from California to Texas to take part in this competition"