A survey has been released suggesting the number one thing parents can do to be cool according to their teenage children is to respect their privacy. A thousand youngsters were questioned and also claimed having a decent car, taking them to gigs and cooking perfect roast potatoes added to their parents’ cool rating.
Having an Instagram account will make you “on point” (as I believe the kids say), as will having a music streaming account and the ability to still look good in jeans.
Looking through the list of 47(!) signs, more apply to me than I expected, but it’s a long 11 years until Elsa enters her teenage years so I’m not counting my chickens. It does give me plenty of time to save up to replace my decidedly-uncool Skoda with something less embarrassing for a teenager to be carted around in, although, seeing as how many of the points in the list suggest she’ll expect me to be a taxi service, maybe I’ll keep it and she’ll never ask.
Here’s the full list compiled by Currys PC World and the percentage of the vote each sign received. How many fit the bill for you?
1. | Respects your privacy | 47% |
2. | Listens well | 46% |
3. | Looks after you when you’re sick | 43% |
4. | Lets your friends hang out at your house | 40% |
5. | Drives your around | 39% |
6. | Is cool about sleepovers | 37% |
7. | Doesn’t go through your phone | 36% |
8. | Helps with your homework / coursework | 36% |
9. | Doesn’t tell you what to wear | 36% |
10. | Takes you out for dinner | 35% |
11. | Likes your group of friends | 35% |
12. | Lets you learn by your mistakes | 34% |
13. | Doesn’t smoke | 29% |
14. | Always supports you in friendship dramas | 29% |
15. | Is interested in your social life | 29% |
16. | Picks you up from parties | 29% |
17. | Cooks perfect roast potatoes | 24% |
18. | Doesn’t kiss you in public | 23% |
19. | Has a cool car | 23% |
20. | Lets you have a sip of wine or beer from time to time | 23% |
21. | Doesn’t hold your hand in public | 23% |
22. | Is good at video / computer games | 23% |
23. | Tells funny stories to your friends | 23% |
24. | Knows the words to current pop songs | 23% |
25. | Still looks good in jeans | 23% |
26. | Takes you to concerts and gigs | 22% |
27. | Lets you bring a friend on holiday | 22% |
28. | Understand text lingo | 21% |
29. | Takes you to sporting events | 20% |
30. | Doesn’t sing or dance in public | 20% |
31. | Lets you borrow their perfume / aftershave | 20% |
32. | Happy to teach you to drive | 19% |
33. | Plays cool music in front of your mates | 19% |
34. | Knows the in-jokes and slang | 19% |
35. | Watches Netflix with you | 19% |
36. | Has a good hairstyle | 18% |
37. | Doesn’t friend you on Facebook | 18% |
38. | Drives quick but safely | 18% |
39. | Has the latest iPhone | 16% |
40. | Knows which bands are in the download charts | 15% |
41. | Addresses your friends by their nicknames | 14% |
42. | Takes you to the theatre / art galleries | 12% |
43. | Has a music streaming account | 12% |
44. | Doesn’t wear giant headphones | 11% |
45. | Doesn’t put kisses on texts | 10% |
46. | Doesn’t use emojis in texts | 8% |
47. | Has an Instagram account | 8% |
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