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Daddy cool
As a dad, I’ve always hoped that I was at least a little bit cool.
It was all very different when I was growing up. My dad would have raised his eyebrows and tutted at the concept of being cool: for his generation, it was all about working hard to provide for the family and doing everything you could to help your kids to maximise their potential.
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Obviously, being a good father is still very much about that, but these days we have to be more than that. We need something else. An edge. An angle. A schtick (and no, that’s not a stick in a comedy Sean Connery-like voice).
Take me. I’m a motoring journalist, so I have access to some pretty cool cars at times. I’ll never forget picking my two daughters up from a childminder in a bright yellow Porsche 911 Turbo, with another parent standing outside the house, looking agog. Or the delighted expression on eight-year-old Daisy’s face when I briefly gunned the new BMW Z4 a few months ago with her sitting in the passenger seat (on a booster, obviously).
But of course one should never aspire to coolness. That just isn’t cool.
And the concept of cool itself is as evasive as Lord Mandelson in a swimming pool full of jelly. It’s always entirely subjective, but we all think we know it when we see it.
So our new Sky Motoring microsite to find Britain’s coolest dad should prove to be fun and a good source of debate. What makes a cool dad? What do the kids nominating their dads consider to be cool qualities? Is coolness even important an important attribute to help make a good father?
Whatever your views, why not get your kids to nominate you (a banker-style pocket money bonus might help them get over any feelings of embarrassment they might harbour towards you) or just check out the other dads and vote on how cool you think they are.
Ah, but what’s in it for you, you’re no doubt wondering? Only the chance of a family holiday to Barcelona.
Now how cool is that?
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